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All of your allies[a] have driven you up to the boundary; your confederates[b] have deceived you and have prevailed against you. Those who eat your bread have set an ambush for you, there is no[c] understanding of it.[d] On that day,” declares[e] Yahweh, “will I not destroy the wise men from Edom, and understanding from the mountain of Esau? And your warriors will be shattered, O Teman, so that everyone[f] from the mountain of Esau will be cut off because of the slaughter!

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:7 Literally “men of your covenant”
  2. Obadiah 1:7 Literally “men of your peace”
  3. Obadiah 1:7 The preposition בּ plus אֵין indicates the absence of a thing within a location
  4. Obadiah 1:7 Or “in him”
  5. Obadiah 1:8 Literally “a declaration of”
  6. Obadiah 1:9 Literally “each”

All your allies(A) will force you to the border;
    your friends will deceive and overpower you;
those who eat your bread(B) will set a trap for you,[a]
    but you will not detect it.

“In that day,” declares the Lord,
    “will I not destroy(C) the wise men of Edom,
    those of understanding in the mountains of Esau?
Your warriors, Teman,(D) will be terrified,
    and everyone in Esau’s mountains
    will be cut down in the slaughter.

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.