The Day of the Lord Is Near

Obadiah 1

¹⁵ “The day is near when I, the Lord ,
will judge all godless nations!
As you have done to Israel,
so it will be done to you.
All your evil deeds
will fall back on your own heads.
¹⁶ Just as you swallowed up my people
on my holy mountain,
so you and the surrounding nations
will swallow the punishment I pour out on you.
Yes, all you nations will drink and stagger
and disappear from history.
¹⁷ “But Jerusalem ₁ will become a refuge for those who escape;
it will be a holy place.
And the people of Israel ₂ will come back
to reclaim their inheritance.
¹⁸ The people of Israel will be a raging fire,
and Edom a field of dry stubble.
The descendants of Joseph will be a flame
roaring across the field, devouring everything.
There will be no survivors in Edom.
I, the Lord , have spoken!