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But Esau, your nation will be ransacked;
    there will be nothing left.
Every last treasure you had carefully hidden will be taken.
Your supposed allies—every last one—will turn against you;
    they will run you out of your own town.
And those who promised you peace
    will lie to your face and conquer you.
Even those who shared your bread will ambush you.
    You won’t understand what is happening until it is too late.

Eternal One: When this day comes,
        won’t I destroy the wisest citizens of Edom,
    Make all insight vanish from Mount Esau,
        and leave all helpless?

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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.