Obadiah 1:1 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GODconcerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

THE VISION of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent forth among the nations [saying], Arise, and let us rise up against [Edom] for battle! [Ps. 137:7; Isa. 34:1-15; 63:1-6; Jer. 49:7-22; Ezek. 25:8-14.]

American Standard Version (1901)

The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from Jehovah, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.

Common English Bible

The vision of Obadiah. The LORD God proclaims concerning Edom: We have heard a message from the LORD— a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Rise up! Let us rise against her for battle!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord God to Edom: We have heard a report from the Lord, and he has sent an envoy to the nations: "Arise, and let us together rise up in battle against him."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The vision of Abdias. Thus saith the Lord God to Edom: We have heard a rumour from the Lord, and he hath sent an ambassador to the nations: Arise, and let us rise up to battle against him.

Obadiah 1:1 Cross References

Genesis 25:30

and Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.

Genesis 36:8

And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

Genesis 36:9

And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:

Psalm 137:7

Remember, O LORD, against the children of Edom The day of Jerusalem; Who said, Rase it, rase it, Even to the foundation thereof.

Isaiah 21:11

The burden of Dumah. One calleth unto me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

Isaiah 21:12

The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: turn ye, come.

Isaiah 30:4

For his princes are at Zoan, and his ambassadors are come to Hanes.

Jeremiah 25:17

Then took I the cup at the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:

Jeremiah 25:21

Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon;

Jeremiah 51:46

And let not your heart faint, neither fear ye for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; for a rumour shall come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

Ezekiel 35:1

Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Joel 3:19

Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

Micah 2:13

The breaker is gone up before them: they have broken forth and passed on to the gate, and are gone out thereat: and their king is passed on before them, and the LORD at the head of them.

Matthew 24:6

And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for these things must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet.

Mark 13:7

And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be not troubled: these things must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet.