1. The vision of Obadiah.This is what the Lord God has said about Edom: We have heard a message from the Lord; a messenger has been sent among the nations:“Rise up, and let us go to war against her.”
2. Look, I will make you insignificant among the nations;you will be deeply despised.
3. Your presumptuous heart has deceived you, you who live in clefts of the rock in your home on the heights,who say to yourself,“Who can bring me down to the ground? ”
4. Though you seem to soar like an eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down.This is the Lord’s declaration.
5. If thieves came to you, if marauders by night —how ravaged you would be! —wouldn’t they steal only what they wanted?If grape pickers came to you,wouldn’t they leave some grapes?