Obadiah verses1-5 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD. If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?
Verses 6-9 How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up! All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him. Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
 
Oh, the religiosity of it all!  It is also a curse from God when your so-called religious institutions are laid out to an open shame: Gateway Church pastor Robert Morris resigns over sex abuse allegation (usatoday.com) Even as the state of Louisianna orders all schools to display the Ten Commandments: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/louisiana-ten-commandments-required-displayed-public-school-classrooms/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=475218399&s=09  Are you going to be the one to advise them that there are MORE than ten?
 
It is also a curse when God kills you in route to worship idols, over 1,000 dead so far: Over 1,000 pilgrims died during Hajj pilgrimage this year | AP News 
 
Or while drinking your bootleg liquor as part of your idolatry: At least 34 people die in India after drinking bootleg liquor | News | Al Jazeera 
 
Or while hiking as your favorite idol: Michael Mosley likely died soon after becoming unwell, Greek police say | CNN or traveling to do some hiking in Greece because you just HAVE to get those “bragging rights”: https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/19/climate/extreme-heat-brain-greece-tourists/index.html 
 
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Verses 10-16 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them. But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity; Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress. For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head. For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.
 
God readily has identified the current Esau (he was Jacob’s twin you know) as the war criminals they are: UN says Israel’s use of heavy bombs in Gaza is potential war crime (thehill.com) 
 
 
 
How can you believe you will get by with mistreating God’s word, China?: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/dozens-killed-after-historic-flooding-in-southern-china/ar-BB1oDMqE?ocid=socialshare&pc=U531&cvid=7b69c02a833e4d72b97bb6ef86149740&ei=18 or Iowa?: https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/iowa-declares-disaster-after-biblical-flooding-leaves-counties-under-water-and-residents-scrambling/ar-BB1oHQuD?ocid=socialshare&pc=W099&cvid=c1e85cf1213c4363a3c6c0c259aa1c25&ei=10 or Arkansas?: 4 killed, 9 wounded in mass shooting outside Arkansas grocery store – CBS News or Boeing?: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/a-malaysia-airlines-boeing-plane-was-seen-with-its-engine-ablaze-a-midair-mishap-that-forced-the-flight-to-turn-around/ar-BB1oDkI7?ocid=socialshare&pc=U531&cvid=7b69c02a833e4d72b97bb6ef86149740&ei=33 or Rich Man?: https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/astronauts-stranded-in-space-due-to-multiple-issues-with-boeings-starliner-and-the-window-for-a-return-flight-is-closing
Verses 17-21 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it. And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’S.