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15 The Day of the Lord is coming soon
    to all the nations.
And the evil you did to others will happen to you.
    The same bad things will fall down on your own head.
16 You spilled[a] blood on my holy mountain,[b]
    so other nations will spill your blood.[c]
You will be finished.
    It will be as if you never existed.
17 But there will be survivors on Mount Zion.
    They will be my special people.
The nation of Jacob[d] will take back
    what belongs to it.

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:16 spilled Literally, “drank.”
  2. Obadiah 1:16 holy mountain One of the mountains Jerusalem was built on. Sometimes Zion is used to mean Jerusalem itself. Also in verses 17, 21.
  3. Obadiah 1:16 spill your blood Literally, “drink and swallow.”
  4. Obadiah 1:17 nation of Jacob Literally, “the house of Jacob.” This could mean the people of Israel or only its leaders.

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