Obadiah 1

1 The vision of Obadiah, —Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, concerning Edom—A rumour, have we heard from Yahweh, and, a herald, throughout the nations, hath been sent, Up! and let us rise against her to war.

vision Obadiah thus to say Lord YHWH/God to/for Edom tidings to hear: hear from with LORD and envoy in/on/with nation to send: depart to arise: attack and to arise: attack upon her to/for battle

2 Lo! small, have I made thee, among the nations—Despised art thou exceedingly!

behold small to give: make you in/on/with nation to despise you(m. s.) much

3 The insolence of thy heart, hath deceived thee, O thou that inhabitest the retreats of the crag, the height of his habitation, —that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

arrogance heart your to deceive you to dwell in/on/with cleft crag height seat his to say in/on/with heart his who? to go down me land: soil

4 Though thou build high like an eagle, and though, among the stars, thou set thy nest, from thence, will I bring thee down, Declareth Yahweh.

if to exult like/as eagle and if between: among star to set: make nest your from there to go down you utterance LORD

5 If, thieves, had come to thee, if robbers by night—how ruined thou art! Would they not have stolen what sufficed them? If, grape-gatherers, had come to thee, Would they not have left gleanings?

if thief to come (in): come to/for you if to ruin night how? to cease not to steal sufficiency their if to gather/restrain/fortify to come (in): come to/for you not to remain gleaning

6 How have the things of Esau been searched out! his treasures been sought up!

how? to search Esau to enquire treasure his

7 Up to the boundary, have they sent thee—All thy covenant men, they have deceived thee, prevailed against thee—the men thou wast wont to salute, —The partakers of thy bread, have put a net under thee—No understanding in him!

till [the] border: boundary to send: depart you all human covenant your to deceive you be able to/for you human peace your food: bread your to set: make net underneath: under you nothing understanding in/on/with him

8 Shall it not be, in that day, Demandeth Yahweh, —That I will destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?

not in/on/with day [the] he/she/it (utterance *L(abh)*) LORD and to perish wise from Edom and understanding from mountain: mount (Mount) Esau

9 So shall thy mighty men, O Teman, be dismayed, —to the intent that every man, may be cut off, out of Mount Esau, by slaughter.

and to to be dismayed mighty man your Teman because to cut: eliminate man: anyone from mountain: mount (Mount) Esau from slaughter

10 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob, shall shame, cover thee, —so shalt thou be cut off, to times age-abiding.

from violence brother: male-sibling your Jacob to cover you shame and to cut: eliminate to/for forever: enduring

11 In the day when thou didst take thy stand over against him, in the day when foreigners took captive his forces, —and, aliens, entered his gates, and, over Jerusalem, cast lots, even thou, wast like one of them!

in/on/with day to stand: stand you from before in/on/with day to take captive be a stranger strength: rich his and foreign to come (in): come (gate his *Q(K)*) and upon Jerusalem to cast a lot allotted also you(m. s.) like/as one from them

12 Do not, then, look with satisfaction upon the day of thy brother, upon the day of his calamity, Neither rejoice over the sons of Judah—in the day of their ruin, —nor enlarge thy mouth—in the day of distress:

and not to see: see in/on/with day brother: male-sibling your in/on/with day misfortune his and not to rejoice to/for son: descendant/people Judah in/on/with day to perish they and not to magnify lip your in/on/with day distress

13 Do not enter into the gate of my people—in the day of their misfortune, Do not, thou also, look with satisfaction on his misery—in the day of his misfortune; neither do thou thrust [thy hands] on his substance—in the day of his misfortune;

not to come (in): come in/on/with gate people my in/on/with day calamity their not to see: see also you(m. s.) in/on/with distress: harm his in/on/with day calamity his and not to send: depart in/on/with strength: rich his in/on/with day calamity his

14 Neither do thou stand at the parting of the way, to cut off his fugitives, —neither do thou deliver up his survivors—in the day of distress.

and not to stand: stand upon [the] plunder to/for to cut: eliminate [obj] survivor his and not to shut survivor his in/on/with day distress

15 For, near, is the day of Yahweh, upon all the nations, —Just as thou hast done, shall it be done to thee, Thy dealing, shall come back upon thine own head.

for near day LORD upon all [the] nation like/as as which to make: do to make: do to/for you recompense your to return: return in/on/with head your

16 For, as ye have drunk on my holy mountain, all the nations shall drink continually, —Yea they shall drink and swallow down, and shall be, as though they had not been.

for like/as as which to drink upon mountain: mount holiness my to drink all [the] nation continually and to drink and to swallow and to be like/as not to be

17 But, in Mount Zion, shall be a delivered remnant which shall be holy, —and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions;

and in/on/with mountain: mount Zion to be survivor and to be holiness and to possess: take house: household Jacob [obj] possession their

18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, with the house of Esau for stubble, So shall they kindle upon them, and devour them, —and there shall be no survivor to the house of Esau, for, Yahweh, hath spoken.

and to be house: household Jacob fire and house: household Joseph flame and house: household Esau to/for stubble and to burn/pursue in/on/with them and to eat them and not to be survivor to/for house: household Esau for LORD to speak: speak

19 Then shall they of the South possess Mount Esau, and they of the Lowlands, the Philistines, and they [of the Mountain] shall possess the field of Ephraim, and the field of Samaria, —and Benjamin [shall possess] Gilead;

and to possess: take [the] Negeb [obj] mountain: mount (Mount) Esau and [the] Shephelah [obj] Philistine and to possess: take [obj] land: country Ephraim and [obj] land: country Samaria and Benjamin [obj] [the] Gilead

20 And, they of the captivity of this force pertaining to the sons of Israel, [shall possess] that of the Canaanites, up to Zarephath, and, they of the captivity of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the South.

and captivity [the] rampart [the] this to/for son: descendant/people Israel which Canaanite till Zarephath and captivity Jerusalem which in/on/with Sepharad to possess: take [obj] city [the] Negeb

21 And saviours shall come up in Mount Zion, to judge the mountain of Esau, —So shall the kingdom, belong unto Yahweh.

and to ascend: rise to save in/on/with mountain: mount Zion to/for to judge [obj] mountain: mount (Mount) Esau and to be to/for LORD [the] kingship