Obadiah 1:7

7 "All the 1men [a]allied with you Will send you forth to the border, And the men at peace with you Will deceive you and overpower you. They who eat your 2bread Will set an ambush for you. (There is 3no understanding [b]in him.)

Obadiah 1:7 In-Context

5 "If thieves came to you, If robbers by night - O how you will be ruined!- Would they not steal only until they had enough? If grape gatherers came to you, Would they not leave some gleanings?
6 "O how Esau will be ransacked, And his hidden treasures searched out!
7 "All the men allied with you Will send you forth to the border, And the men at peace with you Will deceive you and overpower you. They who eat your bread Will set an ambush for you. (There is no understanding in him.)
8 "Will I not on that day," declares the LORD , "Destroy wise men from Edom And understanding from the mountain of Esau?
9 "Then your mighty men will be dismayed, O Teman, So that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Jeremiah 30:14
  • 2. Psalms 41:9
  • 3. Isaiah 19:11; Jeremiah 49:7

Footnotes 2

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