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Obadiah 1

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1The 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Amos 1:11-12Joel 3:19Ezek 25:12-14Ezek 35:3-15Isa 63:1-6Mal 1:3-4Jer 6:4-5Ps 137:7Isa 21:11Isa 30:4

2Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Isa 23:9Num 24:18Luke 1:51-52Job 34:25-29Mic 7:101 Sam 2:7-8Ezek 29:15Ps 107:39-40

3The 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? Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Isa 14:13-15Jer 49:16Prov 29:23Isa 16:62 Kgs 14:7Isa 47:7-8Mal 1:4Prov 16:182 Chr 25:12Isa 10:14-16

4Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Amos 9:2Hab 2:9Isa 14:12-15Job 20:6-7Jer 49:16Jer 51:53Job 39:27-28

5If 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? Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 24:21Jer 49:9Isa 17:62 Sam 1:19Isa 14:12Isa 24:13Jer 50:23Lam 1:1Mic 7:1Zeph 2:15

6How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up! Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 49:10Ps 139:1Dan 2:22Isa 10:13-14Isa 45:3Jer 50:37Matt 6:19-20

7All 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ps 41:9Jer 30:14Jer 49:7John 13:18Ezek 23:22-25Hos 13:13Isa 19:11-14Isa 27:11Jer 20:10Jer 38:22

8Shall I not in that day, saith the Lord, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Isa 29:14Job 5:12-14Ps 33:10Isa 19:13-14Isa 19:31 Cor 3:19-20

9And 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Amos 1:12Ezek 25:13Isa 63:1-3Gen 36:11Isa 34:5-8Jer 49:22Jer 49:7Job 2:111 Chr 1:45Amos 2:16

10For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Amos 1:11Gen 27:41Mal 1:3-4Ezek 35:9Ps 137:7Ps 89:45Ezek 25:12-14Ezek 35:5-7Jer 49:17-20Num 20:14-21

11In 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ps 137:7Nah 3:10Joel 3:32 Kgs 25:11Jer 52:28-30Ps 50:182 Kgs 24:10-16

12But 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ezek 35:15Mic 4:11Prov 17:51 Sam 2:3Matt 27:40-43Prov 24:17-182 Pet 2:18Ezek 25:6-7Mic 7:8-10Job 31:29

13Thou 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; Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ezek 35:5Zech 1:152 Sam 16:12Ezek 35:10Ps 22:17

14Neither 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Amos 1:6Amos 1:9Gen 35:3Isa 37:3Jer 30:7Obad 1:12Ps 31:8

15For 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jas 2:13Hab 2:8Ezek 30:3Matt 7:2Mic 5:15Jer 50:29Joel 3:11-14Ps 137:8Ezek 35:15Jer 49:12

16For 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Joel 3:17Jer 49:12Isa 51:22-23Jer 25:15-161 Pet 4:17Hab 1:9Isa 29:7-8Isa 49:25-26Isa 8:9-10Jer 25:27-29

17But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Amos 9:11-15Rev 21:27Isa 14:1-2Joel 3:19-21Amos 9:8Joel 2:32Isa 60:21Joel 3:17Zech 14:20-21Isa 46:13

18And 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Zech 12:6Isa 10:17Ezek 37:19Mic 5:8Isa 5:241 Cor 3:122 Sam 19:20Amos 5:15Amos 6:6Ezek 37:16

19And 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Amos 9:12Jer 32:44Zeph 2:4-7Ezek 36:28Ezek 37:21-25Jer 31:4-6Mal 1:4-51 Chr 5:262 Kgs 17:24Amos 1:13

20And 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 17:9-10Luke 4:26Jer 32:44Jer 33:13Amos 9:14-15Ezek 34:12-13Hos 1:10-11Jer 13:19Jer 3:18Jer 33:26

21And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Zech 14:9Jas 5:20Dan 7:27Rev 11:151 Tim 4:16Isa 19:20Ps 22:281 Cor 6:2-3Dan 2:44Judg 2:16

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