| 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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| 2: Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art
greatly despised. |
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| 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? |
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| 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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| 5: If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou
cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the
grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes? |
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| 6: How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden
things sought up! |
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| 7:
:All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the
border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and
prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under
thee: there is none understanding in him. |
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| 8: Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise
men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? |
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| 9: And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end
that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. |
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| 10: For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover
thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. |
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| 11: In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day
that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners
entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as
one of them. |
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| 12: But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother
in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have
rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction;
neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. |
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| 13: Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in
the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their
affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their
substance in the day of their calamity; |
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| 14: Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off
those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up
those of his that did remain in the day of distress. |
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| 15: For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou
hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon
thine own head. |
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| 16: For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the
heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow
down, and they shall be as though they had not been |
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| 17: But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be
holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. |
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| 18: And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of
Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle
in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the
house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it. |
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| 19: And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and
they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of
Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
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| 20: And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel
shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the
captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities
of the south. |
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| 21: And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount
of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD's. |
| 1:After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in
heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet
talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things
which must be hereafter. |
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| 2: And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was
set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. |
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| 3:
And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine
stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like
unto an emerald. |
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| 4: And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and
upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white
raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. |
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| 5: And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and
voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne,
which are the seven Spirits of God. |
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| 6: And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto
crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne,
were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. |
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| 7:
:And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like
a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast
was like a flying eagle. |
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| 8: And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and
they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying,
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
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| 9: And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him
that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, |
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| 10: The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on
the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast
their crowns before the throne, saying, |
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| 11: Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and
power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are
and were created. |
| 1:LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions: |
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| 2: How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of
Jacob; |
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| 3:
Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go
up into my bed; |
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| 4: I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine
eyelids, |
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| 5: Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the
mighty God of Jacob. |
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| 6: Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of
the wood. |
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| 7:
:We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his
footstool. |
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| 8: Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy
strength. |
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| 9: Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy
saints shout for joy. |
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| 10: For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine
anointed. |
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| 11: The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn
from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. |
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| 12: If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I
shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for
evermore. |
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| 13: For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his
habitation. |
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| 14: This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have
desired it. |
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| 15: I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her
poor with bread. |
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| 16: I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints
shall shout aloud for joy. |
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| 17: There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a
lamp for mine anointed. |
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| 18: His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall
his crown flourish. |
