Verse 5

Obadiah 1:5

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5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night (how art thou cut off!), would they not steal only till they had enough? if grape-gatherers 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 Jehovah concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from Jehov... Focus ↗

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

3 The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose hab... 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 only till...

6 How are the things of Esau searched! how are his hidden treasures sought out! 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 Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of t... Focus ↗

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

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

20 And the captives of this host of the children of Israel, that are among the Canaanites, shall posses... Focus ↗

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

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Book: Obadiah
Chapter: Chapter 1 (21 verses)
Version: American Standard Version Byzantine Text

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