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Obadiah 16-18
Good News Translation
Obadiah 16-18
Good News Translation
16 My people have drunk a bitter cup of punishment
on my sacred hill.[a]
But all the surrounding nations will drink
a still more bitter cup of punishment;
they will drink it all and vanish away.
The Victory of Israel
17 “But on Mount Zion some will escape,
and it will be a sacred place.
The people of Jacob will possess
the land that is theirs by right.
18 The people of Jacob and of Joseph will be like fire;
they will destroy the people of Esau
as fire burns stubble.
No descendant of Esau will survive.
I, the Lord, have spoken.
Footnotes
- Obadiah 1:16 Mount Zion (see Zion in Word List).
Obadiah 16-18
New International Version
Obadiah 16-18
New International Version
16 Just as you drank(A) on my holy hill,(B)
so all the nations will drink(C) continually;
they will drink and drink
and be as if they had never been.(D)
17 But on Mount Zion will be deliverance;(E)
it will be holy,(F)
and Jacob will possess his inheritance.(G)
18 Jacob will be a fire
and Joseph a flame;
Esau will be stubble,
and they will set him on fire(H) and destroy(I) him.
There will be no survivors(J)
from Esau.”
The Lord has spoken.
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