“Though you (A)build high like the eagle,
Though you set your nest among the (B)stars,
From there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord.
“If (C)thieves came to you,
If [a]robbers by night—
O how you will be ruined!—
Would they not steal only [b]until they had enough?
If grape gatherers came to you,
(D)Would they not leave some gleanings?
“O how Esau will be (E)ransacked,
And his hidden treasures searched out!

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:5 Lit devastators of the night
  2. Obadiah 1:5 Lit their sufficiency