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“Oh, how Esau is ransacked,
    how his hidden treasures are thoroughly[a] searched out!
All your allies will force you out of the land,[b]
    your associates will deceive you and prevail against you.
Your friends[c] will lay out a trap for you,
    and you will[d] never understand it!

“In that day,” declares the Lord,
    “will I not destroy the wise from Edom,
    and those with understanding from Esau’s Mountain?

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:6 The Heb. lacks thoroughly
  2. Obadiah 1:7 Lit. out to the border
  3. Obadiah 1:7 Lit. Your bread; i.e. those who eat your bread
  4. Obadiah 1:7 The Heb. lacks you will