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\sectd\sect{\header \pard\qr\plain\f0\fs16 Obadiah (Page \chpgn) \par}{\pard \pagebb
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{\pard\sb360\sa360\fs60 The Vision of 

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{\pard\sb360\sa360\fs72 Obadiah

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{\pard\sb360\sa360\fs60 Concerning Edom
 
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 {\cf1 1}The vision of Obadiah; what the {\scaps {\super\cf2\fs24 1}Lord} said about Edom:
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We have heard a report from the {\scaps Lord},
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a messenger has been sent among the nations; 
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Rise up, let us rise against Edom in battle!
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{\super\cf2\fs24 2}I will make you small among the nations, 
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and despised by all! 
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{\super\cf2\fs24 3}Your proud heart has misled you,
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you who live in the clefts of the rock,
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you who build on high your dwelling. 
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You say to yourselves,
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\uc1\u8216*Who can bring me down to earth?\uc1\u8217* 
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{\super\cf2\fs24 4}Though you build high as the eagle,
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though between the stars you set your nest,
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from there will I bring you down, 
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says the {\scaps Lord}.
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{\super\cf2\fs24 5}If thieves had come to you, marauders by night
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would they not have stolen only as much as they needed?
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If grape-gatherers had come to you
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would they not have left some gleanings? 
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{\super\cf2\fs24 6}Descendents of Esau,
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all your treasures are looted. 
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{\super\cf2\fs24 7}To your border they have driven you, 
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all your allies have betrayed you.
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Your avowed friends have overpowered you,
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they have set a trap for you.
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Where is your wisdom now?
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 {\super\cf2\fs24 8}The {\scaps Lord} says:
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On that day,
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I will destroy the wise of Edom,
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drive wisdom out of Mount Esau. 
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{\super\cf2\fs24 9}Your warriors will be filled with terror, Teman,
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none will be left alive on Mount Esau.
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{\super\cf2\fs24 10}Because of the violence done to your relatives, the people of Jacob,
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shame covers you,
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you are cut off forever. 
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{\super\cf2\fs24 11}In the day when you stood aloof,
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in the day when strangers carried away their wealth, 
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and strangers entered into their gates,
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and over Jerusalem cast lots,
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you were as one of those strangers.
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{\super\cf2\fs24 12}You should not have gloated over your relatives, 
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in the day of their misfortune.
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You should not have exulted over the land of Judah 
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in the day of their destruction.
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You should not have laughed loudly
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at their distress. 
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{\super\cf2\fs24 13}You should not have entered in at the gate of my people
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in the day of their disaster.
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You should not have gloated over their calamity, 
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in the day of their disaster,
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nor stretched out your hand after their wealth 
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in the day of their disaster, 
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{\super\cf2\fs24 14}nor stood at the crossroads 
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to cut down their fugitives,
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nor should you have betrayed their refugees
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in the day of distress.
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{\super\cf2\fs24 15}Near at hand is the {\scaps Lord}'s day for all the nations. 
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As you have done so will it be done to you.
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Your deeds will come back on your own head.
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{\super\cf2\fs24 16}As you have drunk upon my holy mountain,
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so all the nations will drink in turn;
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They will drink deep 
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and be as though they had not been.
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{\super\cf2\fs24 17}But on Mount Zion some will escape,
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it will be again holy,
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and those of the house of Jacob 
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will again enter into their possessions. 
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{\super\cf2\fs24 18}For the house of Jacob will be a fire, 
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and the house of Joseph a flame,
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but the house of Esau will become stubble.
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They will kindle and devour it.
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Not even one of the house of Esau will escape, 
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for the {\scaps Lord} has spoken.
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{\super\cf2\fs24 19}They will possess the Negeb and Mount Esau,
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and the Shephelah of the Philistines.
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They will possess the territory of Ephraim and Samaria,
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and Benjamin will possess Gilead. 
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{\super\cf2\fs24 20}The exiles of Israel will possess the land of the Canaanites 
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as far as Zarephath.
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The captives of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
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will possess the cities of the Negreb. 
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{\super\cf2\fs24 21}The rescued will come up on Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau, 
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and the kingdom will belong to the {\scaps Lord}.
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