Oba 1:1 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.
Oba 1:2 Behold, I have made thee small among the
heathen: thou art greatly despised.
Oba 1:3 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?
Is Petra The Same As Edom (Video At Bottom Says
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Oba 1:4 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.
There are some that teach this is talking about the USA
since it was the eagle that landed on the moon by the USA. However if
one looks at Oba 1:3 we see that it is talking about dwellings in the
clefts of rock so we know this not to be true.
Oba 1:5 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?
Oba 1:6 How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things
sought up!
Oba 1:7 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.
Oba 1:8 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? Oba 1:9 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.
Oba 1:10 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover
thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
Oba 1:11 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.
Oba 1:12 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.
Oba 1:13 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;
Oba 1:14 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.
Oba 1:15 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.
Oba 1:16 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.
Oba 1:17 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be
holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
Oba 1:18 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.
Check out the Malachi study
for this prophecy coming true.
Oba 1:19 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.
Oba 1:20 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.
Oba 1:21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of
Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S.
In Obadiah 1:19-21 you can read that Edom was going to be
taken over.
This video below says that the Edomites were
driven out in the 6th Century B.C. Which agrees with the Malachi
study on this site. The video is worth watching to gain better understanding.
