OBADIAH - Edom Will Be Humbled (border of Israel and Jordan)
1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord [a]GOD concerning (A)Edom—(B)We have heard a report from the LORD, And an (C)envoy has been sent among the nations saying, “(D)Arise and let us go against her for battle”—
2 “Behold, I will make you (E)small among the nations; You are greatly despised.
3 “The (F)arrogance of your heart has deceived you, You who live in the clefts of [b]the (G)rock, In the loftiness of your dwelling place, Who say in your heart, ‘(H)Who will bring me down to earth?’
HUMBLE THYSELF IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD AND HE WILL LIFT YOU UP IS A FAMOUS SONG
4 “Though you (I)build high like the eagle, Though you set your nest among the (J)stars,
From there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
The Chaldeans took over Edome, so Edomites moved into S. Judah, according to Marilyn Hickey.
A picture of Chaplain Satterfield at the Ur of the Chaldees can be seen at http://stevenwsatterfield.blogspot.com/2004/
5 “If (K)thieves came to you, If [c]robbers by night—O how you will be ruined!—Would they not steal only [d]until they had enough? If grape gatherers came to you, (L)Would they not leave some gleanings?
6 “O how Esau (ISAAC’S OLDEST SON, FATHER OF EDOMITES) will be (M)ransacked, And his hidden treasures searched out!
7 “All the (N)men [e]allied with you Will send you forth to the border, And the men at peace with you Will deceive you and overpower you. They who eat your (O)bread Will set an ambush for you. (There is (P)no understanding [f]in him.)
A MISSIONS CONCEPT IS FINDING THE PERSON OF PEACE TO REACH A PEOPLE GROUP.
8 “Will I not on that day,” declares the LORD, “(Q)Destroy wise men from Edom And understanding from the mountain of Esau?
9 “Then your (R)mighty men will be dismayed, O (S)Teman (ESAU’S GRANDSON), So that everyone may be (T)cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.
10 “Because of (U)violence to your brother Jacob (ESAU’S BROTHER), [g]You will be covered with shame, (V)And you will be cut off forever.
11 “On the day that you (W)stood aloof, On the day that strangers carried off his wealth, And foreigners entered his gate And (X)cast lots for Jerusalem—(Y)You too were as one of them.
CASTING LOTS IS GAMBLING. THIS HAPPENED WITH JESUS' CLOTHES WHEN HE WAS CRUCIFIED.
12 “(Z)Do not [h]gloat over your brother’s day, The day of his misfortune. And (AA)do not rejoice over the sons of Judah (AN ISREALITE TRIBE) In the day of their destruction; Yes, (AB)do not [i]boast In the day of their distress.
BE CAREFUL OF GLOATING, BAD COMES TO US, TOO.
13 “Do not enter the gate of My people In the (AC)day of their disaster. Yes, you, do not [j]gloat over their calamity In the day of their disaster. And do not (AD)loot their wealth In the day of their disaster.
THERE HAVE BEEN ROBBERY DURING RIOTS.
14 “Do not (AE)stand at the fork of the road To cut down their fugitives; And do not imprison their survivors In the day of their distress.
ARE WE GOING TO FOLLOW JESUS OR NOT? THERE NEEDS TO BE JUSTICE.
The Day of the LORD and the Future
15 “For the (AF)day of the LORD draws near on all the nations. (AG)As you have done, it will be done to you. Your (AH)dealings will return on your own head.
THIS MAY REFER TO JESUS RETURNING. WE REAP WHAT WE SOW. Galatians 6:7-9 KJV
16 “Because just as you (AI)drank on (AJ)My holy mountain, All the nations (AK)will drink continually. They will drink and [k]swallow And become as if they had never existed.
17 “But on Mount (AL)Zion (IN JERUSALEM) there will be those who escape, And it will be holy. And the house of Jacob will (AM)possess their possessions.
18 “Then the house of Jacob will be a (AN)fire And the house of Joseph (ONE OF JACOB’S SON) a flame; But the house of Esau will be as stubble. And they will set [l]them on fire and consume [m]them, So that there will be (AO)no survivor of the house of Esau,” For the LORD has spoken.
19 Then those of the [n]Negev (S. ISRAEL) will (AP)possess the mountain of Esau, And those of the [o]Shephelah (LOWLANDS) the (AQ)Philistine (CANAAN) plain; Also, (AR)possess the territory of Ephraim (A SON OF JOSEPH) and the territory of Samaria (IN BETWEEN JUDEA AND GALILEE), And Benjamin (JACOB’S LAST SON) will possess Gilead (HILL OF TESTIMONY).
20 And the exiles of this host of the sons of Israel , Who are among the Canaanites as far as (AS)Zarephath, (PHOENICIAN TOWN) And the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad (SPAIN) Will possess the (AT)cities of the Negev.
21 The (AU)deliverers will ascend Mount Zion To judge the mountain of Esau, And the (AV)kingdom will be the LORD’S.
Footnotes
1. Obadiah 1:1 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
2. Obadiah 1:3 Or Sela
3. Obadiah 1:5 Lit devastators of the night
4. Obadiah 1:5 Lit their sufficiency
5. Obadiah 1:7 Lit of your covenant
6. Obadiah 1:7 I.e. in Esau; or of it
7. Obadiah 1:10 Lit Shame will cover you
8. Obadiah 1:12 Lit look on
9. Obadiah 1:12 Lit make your mouth large
10. Obadiah 1:13 Lit look on
11. Obadiah 1:16 Or stagger
12. Obadiah 1:18 I.e. the people of Esau
13. Obadiah 1:18 I.e. the people of Esau
14. Obadiah 1:19 I.e. South country
15. Obadiah 1:19 I.e. the foothills
