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The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Sovereign Lord says about Edom -
We have heard a message from the Lord:
An envoy was sent to the nations to say,
"Rise, let us go against her for battle" -
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"See, I will make you small among the nations;
you will be utterly despised.
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The pride of your heart has deceived you,
you who live in the clefts of the rocks 1
and make your home on the heights,
you who say to yourself,
'Who can bring me down to the ground?'
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Though you soar like the eagle
and make your nest among the stars,
from there I will bring you down,"
declares the Lord.
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"If thieves came to you,
if robbers in the night -
oh, what a disaster awaits you! -
would they not steal only as much as they wanted?
If grape pickers came to you,
would they not leave a few grapes?
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But how Esau will be ransacked,
his hidden treasures pillaged!
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All your allies will force you to the border;
your friends will deceive and overpower you;
those who eat your bread will set a trap for you, 2
but you will not detect it.
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"In that day," declares the Lord,
"will I not destroy the wise men of Edom,
those of understanding in the mountains of Esau?
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Your warriors, Teman, will be terrified,
and everyone in Esau's mountains
will be cut down in the slaughter.