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Obadiah’s vision

1:1 The vision of Obadiah(/ˌoʊbəˈdaɪ.ə/; Hebrew: עֹבַדְיָה – ʿŌḇaḏyā or עֹבַדְיָהוּ‎ – ʿŌḇaḏyāhū; “servant of Yah”, or “Slave of Yah [YHWH]”), also known as Abdia. So says Adonaiאֲדֹנָי
Hebrew pronunciation: [ʾăḏōnāy], lit. transl. My Lords, Pluralis majestatis taken as singular) is the possessive form of adon (“Lord”), along with the first-person singular pronoun enclitic. As with Elohim, Adonai’s grammatical form is usually explained as a plural of majesty.For more info click here
YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
  concerning Edomאֱדוֹם
was an ancient kingdom in Transjordan, located between Moab to the northeast, the Arabah to the west, and the Arabian Desert to the south and east. Most of its former territory is now divided between present-day southern Israel and Jordan. Edom appears in written sources relating to the late Bronze Age and to the Iron Age in the Levant.
; We have heard a message from YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, and a messenger has been sent among the nations, Y’all get up, and let us rise up against her for battle.

Destruction of Edom


1:2 See, I have made you inferior among the nations: you are greatly despised.
1:3 The wickedness of your heart has mislead you, living in the clefts of the rocks, [in] his lofty abode; Saying in his heart, Who will bring me down to  earth?
1:4 Even if you raise [your nest] like the eagle, or you set your nest among the stars, I will bring you down from there, says YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
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1:5 If thieves come to you, if robbers of the night, (how utterly
cut off you are !) wouldn’t they steal [only] till they had enough? if the grape gatherers came to you, wouldn’t they leave gleanings?
1:6 How has Esau been searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!
1:7 All the men of your covenant have dismissed you even to the border: the men that were at peaceשָׁלוֹם
Transliteration šālôm Pronunciation shaw-lome’ shalom – completeness, soundness, welfare, peace, be well, prosperity For more info click here
with you have deceived you, [and] prevailed over you; [Those who eat] your bread have laid a trap under you: there is no understanding in him.
1:8 See, on that day, says YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, I will destroy the wise men from Edomאֱדוֹם
was an ancient kingdom in Transjordan, located between Moab to the northeast, the Arabah to the west, and the Arabian Desert to the south and east. Most of its former territory is now divided between present-day southern Israel and Jordan. Edom appears in written sources relating to the late Bronze Age and to the Iron Age in the Levant.
, and understanding from the Mountain of Esau?
1:9 And your mighty ones, will be afraid, so that each one
will be cut off from of the Mountain of Esau by the slaughter.
1:10 
Shame will cover from the violence against your brother Jacobיַעֲקֹב
(/ˈdʒeɪkəb/; Modern: Yaʿaqōv (help·info), Tiberian: Yaʿăqōḇ; Arabic: يَعْقُوب, romanized: Yaʿqūb; Greek: Ἰακώβ, romanized: Iakṓb) the name Yaʿaqōv יעקב is derived from ʿaqev עָקֵב “heel”, as Jacob was born grasping the heel of his twin brother Esau. (later called Israel) for more info click here
disgrace will envelop you, and you will be cut off forever.
1:11 On the day of your standing on the other [side], on the day that the strangers captured his wealth
, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots for Jerusalem, you too [were] like one of them.
1:12 But you shouldn’t have looked on the day of your brother on the day of he estrangement; nor should you have rejoiced over the sons of Judah in the day of their destruction; nor should you have spoken proudly in the day of misfortune.
1:13 You shouldn’t have entered into the gate of My people in the day of their calamity; nor should you have looked on his evil on the day of his calamity, nor extended [you hands] to his wealth on the day of their calamity;
1:14 Nor should you have stood in the crossroads, to cut off those of his that escaped; Nor should you have locked up his survivors in the day of misfortune.
1:15 For the day of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
upon all the nations is close: like you have done, it will be done to you: your reward will return on your own head!
1:16 For as y’all have drank on My holy mountain, so will all the nations drink continually, yea, they will drink and be confounded, and they will be as [if] they had not been.

Salvation of Jacob


1:17 But on mount Zion will be refuge, and it will be holy; and the house of Jacobיַעֲקֹב
(/ˈdʒeɪkəb/; Modern: Yaʿaqōv (help·info), Tiberian: Yaʿăqōḇ; Arabic: يَعْقُوب, romanized: Yaʿqūb; Greek: Ἰακώβ, romanized: Iakṓb) the name Yaʿaqōv יעקב is derived from ʿaqev עָקֵב “heel”, as Jacob was born grasping the heel of his twin brother Esau. (later called Israel) for more info click here
will inherit their possessions.
1:18 And the house of Jacobיַעֲקֹב
(/ˈdʒeɪkəb/; Modern: Yaʿaqōv (help·info), Tiberian: Yaʿăqōḇ; Arabic: يَعْقُوب, romanized: Yaʿqūb; Greek: Ἰακώβ, romanized: Iakṓb) the name Yaʿaqōv יעקב is derived from ʿaqev עָקֵב “heel”, as Jacob was born grasping the heel of his twin brother Esau. (later called Israel) for more info click here
will be a fire, and the house of Josephיוֹסֵף
Yosef Meaning: Jehovah will add, God will add, taken away or praise, fame taken away. For more info click here
a flame, and the house of Esau for straw, and they will burn among them, and devour them; There will be no survivor to of the house of Esau; for YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
has spoken.
1:19 And [those of ]the southland will inherit the Mountian of Esau; and [those of] the lowlands [will inherit] the Philistines: and they will inherit the fields of Ephraimאֶפְרַיִם
(/ˈiːfriːəm/;ʾEp̄rayīm, in pausa: אֶפְרָיִם‎ ʾEp̄rāyīm). The Book of Genesis related the name “Ephraim” to the Hebrew root פָּרָה (pārā), meaning “to be fruitful”. This referring to Joseph’s ability to produce children, specifically while in Egypt (termed by the Torah as the land of his affliction). The name Ephraim can therefore be translated as “I will be fruitful”, with the prefix of aleph (א‎) indicating the first person, singular, future tense For more info click here
, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin will inherit Gilead.
1:20 And the exiles of this force of the sons of Israel will inherit [the land] of the Canaanites, even to Zarephath (or France); and the exiles of Jerusalem, who is in Sepharad, will possess the cities of the of the South.
1:21 And saviors will ascend mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom will be YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
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