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Obadiah 1:8-21 (NIRV)
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8 The Lord announces, "At that time
I will destroy the wise men of Edom.
I will wipe out the men of understanding
in the mountains of Esau.
9 People of Teman, your soldiers will be terrified.
Everyone in Esau's mountains
will be cut down with swords.
10 You did harmful things to your brothers,
the people of Jacob.
So you will be covered with shame.
You will be destroyed forever.
11 Strangers entered the gates of Jerusalem.
They cast lots to see what each one would get.
They carried off its wealth.
When that happened, you just stood there and did nothing.
You were like one of them.
12 That was a time of trouble for your brothers.
So you should not have looked down on them.
The people of Judah were destroyed.
So you should not have been happy about it.
You should not have laughed at them so much
when they were in trouble.
13 You should not have marched
through the gates of my people's city
when they were having so much trouble.
You should not have looked down on them.
You should not have stolen their wealth.
14 You waited where the roads cross.
You wanted to cut down those who were running away.
You should not have done that.
You handed over to their enemies
those who were still left alive.
You should not have done that.
They were in trouble.
15 "The day of the Lord is near
for all of the nations.
Others will do to you
what you have done to them.
You will be paid back
for what you have done.
16 You Edomites polluted my holy mountain of Zion
by drinking and celebrating there.
So all of the nations will drink
from the cup of my anger.
And they will keep on drinking from it.
They will vanish.
It will be as if they had never existed.
17 But on Mount Zion some of my people will be left alive.
I will save them.
Zion will be my holy mountain once again.
And the people of Jacob
will again receive the land as their own.
18 They will be like a fire.
Joseph's people will be like a flame.
The nation of Esau will be like straw.
Jacob's people will set Edom on fire and burn it up.
No one will be left alive
among Esau's people." The Lord has spoken.
19 Israelites from the Negev Desert
will take over Esau's mountains.
Israelites from the western hills
will possess Philistia.
They'll take over the territories
of Ephraim and Samaria.
Israelites from the tribe of Benjamin
will possess the land of Gilead.
20 Some Israelites were forced to leave their homes.
They'll come back to Canaan and possess
it all the way to the town of Zarephath.
Some people from Jerusalem were taken
to the city of Sepharad.
They'll return and possess
the towns of the Negev Desert.
21 Leaders from Mount Zion will go
and rule over the mountains of Esau.
And the kingdom will belong to the Lord. Definition(s): Canaan (Keh-nan): merchant; trader; or that humbles and subdues
Canaan (Keh-na-an): merchant; trader; or that humbles and subdues
Edom (Ee-dom): red, earthy; of blood
Ephraim (Eff-ra-im): fruitful; increasing
Esau (Ee-saw): he that acts or finishes
Jerusalem (Je-roo-sa-lem): vision of peace
Judah (Joo-da): the praise of the Lord; confession
Zion (Zy-on): monument; raised up; sepulcher
Edomites (Ee-dom-ights):