Verse 5

Obadiah 1:5

English Revised Version

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5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not steal till they had enough? if grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes?

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Chapter 1 Context

1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the LORD,... Focus ↗

2 Behold, I have made thee small among the nations: thou art greatly despised. Focus ↗

3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose h... Focus ↗

4 Though thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring the... Focus ↗

5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not steal till they...

6 How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden treasures sought up! Focus ↗

7 All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee on thy way, even to the border: the men that were a... Focus ↗

8 Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of... Focus ↗

9 And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one may be cut off from the mo... Focus ↗

10 For the violence done to thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for eve... Focus ↗

11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away his substanc... Focus ↗

12 But look not thou on the day of thy brother in the day of his disaster, and rejoice not over the chi... Focus ↗

13 Enter not into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, look not thou on their affli... Focus ↗

14 And stand thou not in the crossway, to cut off those of his that escape; and deliver not up those of... Focus ↗

15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee;... Focus ↗

16 For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the nations drink continually, yea, they sh... Focus ↗

17 But in mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob sha... Focus ↗

18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for s... Focus ↗

19 And they of the South shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the lowland the Philistines and t... Focus ↗

20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel, which are among the Canaanites, shall poss... Focus ↗

21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LO... Focus ↗

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Book: Obadiah
Chapter: Chapter 1 (21 verses)
Version: English Revised Version

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