Obadiah 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?”
Obadiah 1:8 — King James Version
Verse 8 of 21 in Obadiah chapter 1 — King James Version. Read it in context below, with maps, timelines and thematic connections beside the text.
Obadiah 1:8 in other translations
- World English Bible
- ““Won’t I in that day”, says Yahweh, “destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mountain of Esau?”
- American Standard Version
- “Shall I not in that day, saith Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?”
Obadiah 1 — full chapter (King James Version)
The of . Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning ; 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. Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. 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? Though thou exalt thyself as the , and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD. 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? How are the things of searched out! how are his hidden things sought up! 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. Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of , and understanding out of the mount of ? And thy mighty men, O , shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of may be cut off by slaughter. For thy violence against thy brother shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. In the day that thou stoodest the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon , even thou wast as one of them. But thou shouldest not have looked the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands their substance in the day of their calamity; 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. For is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head. 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. But upon mount shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of shall possess their possessions. And the house of shall be a fire, and the house of a flame, and the house of for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of ; for the LORD hath spoken it. And they of the south shall possess the mount of ; and they of the plain the : and they shall possess the fields of , and the fields of : and shall possess . And the captivity of this host of the children of shall possess that of the , even unto ; and the captivity of , which is in , shall possess the cities of the south. And saviours shall come up mount to judge the mount of ; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’S.