Obadiah 1:3-16

Obadiah 1:3-16

[3] The pride  of thine heart  hath deceived  thee, thou that dwellest  in the clefts  of the rock,  is high;  that saith  in his heart,  Who shall bring me down  to the ground?  [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.  [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?  [6] How are the things of Esau  searched out!  how are his hidden  things sought up!  [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. [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?  [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.  [10] For thy violence  against thy brother  Jacob  shame  shall cover  thee, and thou shalt be cut off  for ever.  [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. [12] But thou shouldest not have looked  on the day  of thy brother  in the day  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.  [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;  [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.  [15] For the day  of the LORD  is near  upon all the heathen:  as thou hast done,  unto thee: thy reward  shall return  upon thine own head.  [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