The Destruction of Edom
(2 Chronicles 20:1-4)
1The visionof Obadiah.Thus saiththe LordGODconcerning Edom;We have hearda rumourfrom the LORD,and an ambassadoris sentamong the heathen,Ariseye, and let us rise upagainst her in battle.
2Behold, I have madethee smallamong the heathen:thou art greatlydespised.
3The prideof thine hearthath deceivedthee, thou that dwellestin the cleftsof the rock,whose habitation[is] high;that saithin his heart,Who shall bring me downto the ground?
4Though thou exalt[thyself] as the eagle,and though thou setthy nestamong the stars,thence will I bring thee down,saiththe LORD.
5If thievescameto thee, if robbersby night,(how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolentill they had enough?if the grapegathererscameto thee, would they not leave[some] grapes?
6How are [the things] of Esausearched out![how] are his hiddenthings sought up!
7All the menof thy confederacyhave broughtthee [even] to the border:the menthat were at peacewith thee have deceivedthee, [and] prevailedagainst thee; [they that eat] thy breadhave laida woundunder thee: [there is] none understandingin him.
8Shall I not in that day,saiththe LORD,even destroythe wise[men] out of Edom,and understandingout of the mountof Esau?
9And thy mighty[men], O Teman,shall be dismayed,to the end that every oneof the mountof Esaumay be cut offby slaughter.
10For [thy] violenceagainst thy brotherJacobshameshall coverthee, and thou shalt be cut offfor ever.
11In the daythat thou stoodeston the other side, in the daythat the strangerscarried away captivehis forces,and foreignersenteredinto his gates,and castlotsupon Jerusalem,even thou [wast] as oneof them.
12But thou shouldest not have lookedon the dayof thy brotherin the daythat he became a stranger;neither shouldest thou have rejoicedover the childrenof Judahin the dayof their destruction;neither shouldest thou have spokenproudlyin the dayof distress.
13Thou shouldest not have enteredinto the gateof my peoplein the dayof their calamity;yea, thou shouldest not have lookedon their afflictionin the dayof their calamity,nor have laid[hands] on their substancein the dayof their calamity;
14Neither shouldest thou have stoodin the crossway,to cut offthose of his that did escape;neither shouldest thou have delivered upthose of his that did remainin the dayof distress.
The Deliverance of Israel
15For the dayof the LORD[is] nearupon all the heathen:as thou hast done,it shall be doneunto thee: thy rewardshall returnupon thine own head.
16For as ye have drunkupon my holymountain,[so] shall all the heathendrinkcontinually,yea, they shall drink,and they shall swallow down,and they shall be as though they had notbeen.
17But upon mountZionshall be deliverance,and there shall be holiness;and the houseof Jacobshall possesstheir possessions.
18And the houseof Jacobshall be a fire,and the houseof Josepha flame,and the houseof Esaufor stubble,and they shall kindlein them, and devourthem; and there shall not be [any] remainingof the houseof Esau;for the LORDhath spoken[it].
19And [they of] the southshall possessthe mountof Esau;and [they of] the plainthe Philistines:and they shall possessthe fieldsof Ephraim,and the fieldsof Samaria:and Benjamin[shall possess] Gilead.
20And the captivityof this hostof the childrenof Israel[shall possess] that of the Canaanites,[even] unto Zarephath;and the captivityof Jerusalem,which [is] in Sepharad,shall possessthe citiesof the south.
21And savioursshall come upon mountZionto judgethe mountof Esau;and the kingdomshall be the LORD'S.
