1The vision of Obadiah.
2Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen:
3The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee,
4Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle,
5If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!)
6How are the things of Esau searched out!
7All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border:
8Shall I not in that day, saith the Lord,
9And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed,
10For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee,
11In the day that thou stoodest on the other side,
12But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger;
13Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity:
14Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape;
15For the day of the Lord is near upon all the heathen:
16For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain,
17But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness;
18And the house of Jacob shall be a fire,
19And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau;
20And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath;
21And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau;