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How Esau has been pillaged,
    his treasures sought out!
All your allies have deceived you,
    they have driven you to the border;
your confederates have prevailed against you;
    your trusted friends have set a trap under you—
    there is no understanding of it.
Will I not on that day, says the Lord,
    destroy the wise men out of Edom,
    and understanding out of Mount Esau?

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But how Esau will be ransacked,
    his hidden treasures pillaged!
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?

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Footnotes

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