Obadiah Chapter 1
Ayo, this is what Obadiah saw. God’s like, “Got some gossip on Edom. Time to get lit and take these fools down.”
The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
Peep this, you’re hella irrelevant among the nations; everyone’s low-key throwing shade at you.
Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
Your pride is mad sus, chilling in the cliffs like, “Who can touch me?”
The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation {is} high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
Even if you’re soaring like an eagle, I’m still gonna bring you down, says the Lord.
Though thou exalt {thyself} as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
If thieves rolled through at night, they’d only grab what they need, right? Grape pickers don’t leave empty-handed!
If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave {some} grapes? {some...: or, gleanings?}
Yo, Esau’s secrets are spilling; like, how’s this going down?
How are {the things} of Esau searched out! {how} are his hidden things sought up!
Your crew’s ghosting you; the ones you counted on are now your foes, munching on your bread and leaving you hurt.
All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee {even} to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, {and} prevailed against thee; {they that eat} thy bread have laid a wound under thee: {there is} none understanding in him. {that were...: Heb. of thy peace} {they...: Heb. the men of thy bread} {in him: or, of it}
No cap, I’ll erase the wise ones in Edom and snatch away their smarts, says the Lord.
Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise {men} out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
Your tough squad, Teman, is shook; everyone from Esau’s gang is about to get wrecked.
And thy mighty {men}, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
Your ruthless actions against Jacob are gonna have you feeling embarrassed; you’re getting cut off for good.
For {thy} violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
When you sat back while strangers looted your bro's stuff, you were just as sus as them.
In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou {wast} as one of them. {captive...: or, his substance}
You shouldn’t have been vibing while your bro was in the struggle or flexing while Judah was getting wrecked.
But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. {spoken...: Heb. magnified thy mouth}
You shouldn't have rolled up on my people during their downfall, nor touched their goods when they were down.
Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid {hands} on their substance in the day of their calamity; {substance: or, forces}
And you definitely shouldn’t have blocked those trying to escape or thrown your own under the bus when the heat was on.
Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress. {delivered up: or, shut up}
The Lord’s day is coming for all the heathens; karma’s real, fam.
For the day of the LORD {is} near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
You’ve been sipping on my holy mountain, so now all the nations are gonna sip and forget they even existed.
For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, {so} shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been. {swallow...: or, sup up}
But Zion’s gonna be popping with salvation and holiness; Jacob’s house is about to get blessed.
But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. {deliverance: or, they that escape} {there...: or, it shall be holy}
Jacob’s fam is gonna be fire, Joseph’s a flame, and Esau’s just gonna be burnt out; nothing left of Esau, for real.
And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be {any} remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken {it}.
The south’s gonna take over Esau’s mountain, and the plains will belong to the Philistines; Ephraim and Samaria are getting claimed by Benjamin.
And {they of} the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and {they of} the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin {shall possess} Gilead.
The captives of Israel are gonna dominate the Canaanites, all the way to Zarephath; Jerusalem’s captives will take the southern cities.
And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel {shall possess} that of the Canaanites, {even} unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which {is} in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. {which...: or, shall possess that which is in}
Saviors are rolling up on Zion to judge Esau’s mountain; the kingdom’s all about the Lord.
And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S.