KJV King James Version
The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
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Obadiah 1:1
The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
This is the vision of Obadiah: This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom—We have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent among the nations to say, “Rise up, and let us go to battle against her!”—
WEB World English Bible
The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord Yahweh says about Edom. We have heard news from Yahweh, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, “Arise, and let’s rise up against her in battle.
ASV American Standard Version
The vision of Obadiah.Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from Jehovah, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thus said the Lord Jehovah to Edom, A report we have heard from Jehovah, And an ambassador among nations was sent, ‘Rise, yea, let us rise against her for battle.’
Surrounding context — Obadiah 1
1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
2 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation [is] high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
4 Though thou exalt [thyself] as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
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חֲז֖וֹןH2377 · cha.zonvisionעֹֽבַדְיָ֑הH5662 · o.vad.yahObadiahכֹּֽה־H3541 · kohthusאָמַר֩H559 · a.marto sayאֲדֹנָ֨יH136 · a.do.naiLordיְהוִ֜הH3069 · ye.ho.vihYHWH/Godלֶאֱד֗וֹםH123 · e.domEdomשְׁמוּעָ֨הH8052 · she.mu.ahtidingsשָׁמַ֜עְנוּH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearמֵאֵ֤תH854 · etwithיְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוְצִיר֙H6735 · tsirenvoyבַּגּוֹיִ֣םH1471 · goynationשֻׁלָּ֔חH7971 · sha.lachto send: departק֛וּמוּH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiוְנָק֥וּמָהH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiעָלֶיהָH5921 · aluponלַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃H4421 · mil.cha.mahbattle
Cross-references
Amos 1:11-12Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:Joel 3:19Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence [against] the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.Ezekiel 35:3-15And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I [am] against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.Malachi 1:3-4And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.Ezekiel 25:12-14Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;Isaiah 63:1-6Who [is] this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this [that is] glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.Jeremiah 6:4-5Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.Psalm 137:7Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase [it], rase [it, even] to the foundation thereof.Isaiah 21:11The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?Isaiah 30:4For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.Isaiah 34:1-17Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.Jeremiah 9:25-26Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all [them which are] circumcised with the uncircumcised;Jeremiah 49:7-22Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; [Is] wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?Matthew 24:6And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all [these things] must come to pass, but the end is not yet.Jeremiah 51:46And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come [one] year, and after that in [another] year [shall come] a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.Lamentations 4:21-22Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.Mark 13:7And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for [such things] must needs be; but the end [shall] not [be] yet.Jeremiah 51:27-28Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
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