1 The vision of Obadiah.This is what the Sovereign Lord says about Edom –We have heard a message from the Lord:an envoy was sent to the nations to say,‘Rise, let us go against her for battle’ –
2 ‘See, I will make you small among the nations;you will be utterly despised.
3 The pride of your heart has deceived you,you who live in the clefts of the rocksand make your home on the heights,you who say to yourself,“Who can bring me down to the ground?”
4 Though you soar like the eagleand make your nest among the stars,from there I will bring you down,’declares the Lord.
5 ‘If thieves came to you,if robbers in the night –oh, what a disaster awaits you –would they not steal only as much as they wanted?If grape pickers came to you,would they not leave a few grapes?