Obadiah 1 - Legacy Standard Bible

Obadiah 1

Edom Will Be Brought Down

The vision of Obadiah. Thus says Lord Yahweh concerning Edom—

We have heard a report from Yahweh,

And an envoy has been sent among the nations saying,

“Arise! And let us arise against her for battle”—

“Behold, I will make you small among the nations;

You are greatly despised.

The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,

You who dwell in the clefts of the cliff,

In the height of your habitation,

Who says in his heart,

‘Who will bring me down to earth?’

Though you build loftily like the eagle,

Though you set your nest among the stars,

From there I will bring you down,” declares Yahweh.

“If thieves came to you,

If robbers by night—

Oh how you will be ruined!—

Would they not thieve only until they had enough?

If grape gatherers came to you,

Would they not allow some gleanings to remain?

Oh how Esau will be searched out

And his hidden treasures ransacked!

All the men who have a covenant 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 discernment in him.)

Will I not on that day,” declares Yahweh,

“Cause the wise men to perish from Edom

And discernment from the mountain of Esau?

Then your mighty men will be dismayed, O Teman,

So that each one may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.

“Because of violence to your brother Jacob,

You will be covered with shame,

And you will be cut off forever.

On the day that you stood aloof,

On the day that strangers took his wealth captive

And foreigners entered his gate

And cast lots for Jerusalem—

You too were as one of them.

Now do not look on your brother’s day with triumph,

The day of his misfortune.

And do not be glad over the sons of Judah

In the day when they perish;

And do not let your mouth speak great things

In the day of their distress.

Do not enter the gate of My people

In the day of their disaster.

Indeed, you, do not look on their calamity with triumph

In the day of their disaster.

And do not send out for their wealth

In the day of their disaster.

Do not stand at the fork of the road

To cut down those among them who escape;

And do not deliver over their survivors

In the day of their distress.

The Day of Yahweh Is Near

“For the day of Yahweh draws near on all the nations.

As you have done, it will be done to you.

Your dealings will return on your own head.

Because just as you all drank on My holy mountain,

All the nations will drink continually.

They will drink and swallow,

And they will be as if they never were.

But on Mount Zion there will be those who escape,

And it will be holy.

And the house of Jacob will possess their possessions.

Then the house of Jacob will be a fire

And the house of Joseph a flame;

But the house of Esau will be as stubble.

And they will set them on fire and consume them

So that there will be no survivor of the house of Esau,”

For Yahweh has spoken.

The Kingdom of Yahweh

Then those of the Negev will possess the mountain of Esau,

And those of the Shephelah, the Philistine plain;

And they will possess the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria,

And Benjamin will possess Gilead.

And the exiles of this military force of the sons of Israel,

Who are among the Canaanites as far as Zarephath,

And the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad,

Will possess the cities of the Negev.

And the saviors will ascend Mount Zion

To judge the mountain of Esau,

And the kingdom will belong to Yahweh.

Galatians 5 - 6

Christ Set Us Free

It was for freedom that Christ set us free. Therefore, stand firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. 2 Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you. 3 And I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is under obligation to keep the whole Law. 4 You have been severed from Christ, you who are being justified by law; you have fallen from grace! 5 For we through the Spirit, by faith, are eagerly waiting for the hope of righteousness. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love. 7 You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth? 8 This persuasion is not from Him who calls you. 9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump. 10 I have confidence in you in the Lord that you will adopt no other view. But the one who is disturbing you will bear his judgment, whoever he is. 11 But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross would have been abolished. 12 I wish that those who are upsetting you would even mutilate themselves. 13 For you were called to freedom, brothers; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 But if you bite and devour one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another.

Walk by the Spirit

16 But I say, walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. 17 For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you do not do the things that you want. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law. 19 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions, 21 envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Now those who belong to Christ Jesus crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become those with vain glory, challenging one another, envying one another.

Bear One Another’s Burdens

Brothers, even if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, each of you looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted. 2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. 3 For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. 4 But each one must examine his own work, and then he will have reason for boasting in regard to himself alone, and not in regard to another. 5 For each one will bear his own load. 6 And the one who is instructed in the word is to share in all good things with the one who instructs him. 7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. 8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. 9 And let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary. 10 So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith. 11 See with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand! 12 As many as are wanting to make a good showing in the flesh, these are trying to compel you to be circumcised, simply so that they will not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. 13 For those who are circumcised do not even keep the Law themselves, but they want to have you circumcised so that they may boast in your flesh. 14 But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. 15 For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. 16 And those who will walk in step with this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God. 17 From now on let no one cause trouble for me, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus. 18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.

Psalm 135

O Yahweh, Your Name Is Everlasting

Praise Yah!

Praise the name of Yahweh;

Praise Him, O slaves of Yahweh,

You who stand in the house of Yahweh,

In the courts of the house of our God!

Praise Yah, for Yahweh is good;

Sing praises to His name, for it is lovely.

For Yah has chosen Jacob for Himself,

Israel for His treasured possession.

For I know that Yahweh is great

And that our Lord is greater than all gods.

Whatever Yahweh pleases, He does,

In heaven and on earth, in the seas and in all deeps.

The One who causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth;

Who makes lightnings for the rain,

Who brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

He struck the firstborn of Egypt,

From man to beast.

He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt,

Amongst Pharaoh and all his slaves.

He struck many nations

And slew mighty kings,

Sihon, king of the Amorites,

And Og, king of Bashan,

And all the kingdoms of Canaan;

And He gave their land as an inheritance,

An inheritance to Israel His people.

O Yahweh, Your name is everlasting,

O Yahweh, Your remembrance is from generation to generation.

For Yahweh will render justice for His people

And will give comfort to His slaves.

The idols of the nations are silver and gold,

The work of man’s hands.

They have mouths, but they do not speak;

They have eyes, but they do not see;

They have ears, but they do not hear,

Surely, there is not any breath in their mouths.

Those who make them will be like them,

All who trust in them.

O house of Israel, bless Yahweh;

O house of Aaron, bless Yahweh;

O house of Levi, bless Yahweh;

You who fear Yahweh, bless Yahweh.

Blessed be Yahweh from Zion,

Who dwells in Jerusalem.

Praise Yah!