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The vision[H2377] of Obadiah[H5662]. Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069] concerning Edom[H123]; We have heard[H8085] a rumour[H8052] from the LORD[H3068], and an ambassador[H6735] is sent[H7971] among the heathen[H1471], Arise[H6965] ye, and let us rise up[H6965] against her in battle[H4421].
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Behold, I have made[H5414] thee small[H6996] among the heathen[H1471]: thou art greatly[H3966]despised[H959].
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The pride[H2087] of thine heart[H3820] hath deceived[H5377] thee, thou that dwellest[H7931] in the clefts[H2288] of the rock[H5553], whose habitation[H3427] is high[H4791]; that saith[H559] in his heart[H3820], Who shall bring me down[H3381] to the ground?[H776]
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Though thou exalt[H1361] thyself as the eagle[H5404], and though thou set[H7760] thy nest[H7064] among the stars[H3556], thence will I bring thee down[H3381], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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If thieves[H1590]came[H935] to thee, if robbers[H7703] by night,(how art thou cut off[H1820]!) would they not have stolen[H1589] till they had enough?[H1767] if the grapegatherers[H1219]came[H935] to thee, would they not leave[H7604] some grapes?[H5955]
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How are the things of Esau[H6215] searched out[H2664]! how are his hidden[H4710] things sought up[H1158]!
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All the men[H582] of thy confederacy[H1285] have brought[H7971] thee even to the border[H1366]: the men[H582] that were at peace[H7965] with thee have deceived[H5377] thee, and prevailed[H3201] against thee; they that eat thy bread[H3899] have laid[H7760] a wound[H4204] under thee: there is none understanding[H8394] in him.
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Shall I not in that day[H3117], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], even destroy[H6] the wise[H2450] men out of Edom[H123], and understanding[H8394] out of the mount[H2022] of Esau?[H6215]
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And thy mighty[H1368] men, O Teman[H8487], shall be dismayed[H2865], to the end that every one[H376] of the mount[H2022] of Esau[H6215] may be cut off[H3772] by slaughter[H6993].
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For thy violence[H2555] against thy brother[H251]Jacob[H3290]shame[H955] shall cover[H3680] thee, and thou shalt be cut off[H3772] for ever[H5769].
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In the day[H3117] that thou stoodest[H5975] on the other side, in the day[H3117] that the strangers[H2114] carried away captive[H7617] his forces[H2428], and foreigners[H5237]entered[H935] into his gates[H8179], and cast[H3032]lots[H1486] upon Jerusalem[H3389], even thou wast as one[H259] of them.
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But thou shouldest not have looked[H7200] on the day[H3117] of thy brother[H251] in the day[H3117] that he became a stranger[H5235]; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced[H8055] over the children[H1121] of Judah[H3063] in the day[H3117] of their destruction[H6]; neither shouldest thou have spoken[H6310]proudly[H1431] in the day[H3117] of distress[H6869].
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Thou shouldest not have entered[H935] into the gate[H8179] of my people[H5971] in the day[H3117] of their calamity[H343]; yea, thou shouldest not have looked[H7200] on their affliction[H7451] in the day[H3117] of their calamity[H343], nor have laid[H7971] hands on their substance[H2428] in the day[H3117] of their calamity[H343];
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Neither shouldest thou have stood[H5975] in the crossway[H6563], to cut off[H3772] those of his that did escape[H6412]; neither shouldest thou have delivered up[H5462] those of his that did remain[H8300] in the day[H3117] of distress[H6869].
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For the day[H3117] of the LORD[H3068] is near[H7138] upon all the heathen[H1471]: as thou hast done[H6213], it shall be done[H6213] unto thee: thy reward[H1576] shall return[H7725] upon thine own head[H7218].
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For as ye have drunk[H8354] upon my holy[H6944]mountain[H2022], so shall all the heathen[H1471]drink[H8354]continually[H8548], yea, they shall drink[H8354], and they shall swallow down[H3886], and they shall be as though they had not[H3808] been.
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But upon mount[H2022]Zion[H6726] shall be deliverance[H6413], and there shall be holiness[H6944]; and the house[H1004] of Jacob[H3290] shall possess[H3423] their possessions[H4180].
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And the house[H1004] of Jacob[H3290] shall be a fire[H784], and the house[H1004] of Joseph[H3130] a flame[H3852], and the house[H1004] of Esau[H6215] for stubble[H7179], and they shall kindle[H1814] in them, and devour[H398] them; and there shall not be any remaining[H8300] of the house[H1004] of Esau[H6215]; for the LORD[H3068] hath spoken[H1696] it.
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And they of the south[H5045] shall possess[H3423] the mount[H2022] of Esau[H6215]; and they of the plain[H8219] the Philistines[H6430]: and they shall possess[H3423] the fields[H7704] of Ephraim[H669], and the fields[H7704] of Samaria[H8111]: and Benjamin[H1144] shall possess[H3423]Gilead[H1568].
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And the captivity[H1546] of this host[H2426] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] shall possess[H3423] that of the Canaanites[H3669], even unto Zarephath[H6886]; and the captivity[H1546] of Jerusalem[H3389], which is in Sepharad[H5614], shall possess[H3423] the cities[H5892] of the south[H5045].
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And saviours[H3467] shall come up[H5927] on mount[H2022]Zion[H6726] to judge[H8199] the mount[H2022] of Esau[H6215]; and the kingdom[H4410] shall be the LORD'S.