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Obadiah 3-5
The Voice
Obadiah 3-5
The Voice
3 Your deep pride has blinded you to the truth,
tucked securely in the clefts of the rocks, safely out of reach.
You say to yourself,
“Whose attack can reach up here and bring me down to the ground?”
Edom named its capital city “Rock,” and many of the people there were cave dwellers, virtually unreachable.
4 Even if you fly high as the eagle, believing yourselves strong and free,
and put your nest among the stars,
I will have no trouble bringing you down.
This is declared by the Eternal One.
5 Consider how thoroughly you will be wiped out.
If thieves come to steal from you
And robbers arrive under cover of night,
won’t they take only what they want?
If the grape harvesters arrive,
doesn’t their hasty picking usually leave some fruit in the field for the poor?
Obadiah 3-5
New International Version
Obadiah 3-5
New International Version
3 The pride(A) of your heart has deceived you,
you who live in the clefts of the rocks[a](B)
and make your home on the heights,
you who say to yourself,
‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’(C)
4 Though you soar like the eagle
and make your nest(D) among the stars,
from there I will bring you down,”(E)
declares the Lord.(F)
5 “If thieves came to you,
if robbers in the night—
oh, what a disaster awaits you!—
would they not steal only as much as they wanted?
If grape pickers came to you,
would they not leave a few grapes?(G)
Footnotes
- Obadiah 1:3 Or of Sela
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