15 For the day [a]of the Lord is near, upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done to thee: thy reward shall return upon thine head.

16 For as ye have [b]drunk upon mine holy Mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually: yea, they shall drink and swallow up, and they shall be [c]as though they had not been.

17 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and it shall be holy, and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions,

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:15 When he will summon all the heathen, and send them to destroy thee.
  2. Obadiah 1:16 That is, rejoiced and triumphed.
  3. Obadiah 1:16 The Edomites shall be utterly destroyed, and yet in despite of all the enemies I will reserve my Church and restore it.

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