Obadiah 1:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹ The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Rise up! let us rise against her for battle!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ 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

¹ 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)

¹ 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

¹ 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

¹ 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

¹ 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, “Let me eat some of that red pottage, for I am famished!” (Therefore his name was called Edom. )

Genesis 36:8

So Esau dwelt in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom.

Genesis 36:9

These are the descendants of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

Psalm 137:7

Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem, how they said, “Raze it, raze it! Down to its foundations!”

Isaiah 21:11

The oracle concerning Dumah. One is calling to me from Seir, “Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?”

Isaiah 21:12

The watchman says: “Morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire; come back again.”

Isaiah 30:4

For though his officials are at Zoan and his envoys reach Hanes,

Jeremiah 25:17

So I took the cup from the Lord's hand, and made all the nations to whom the Lord sent me drink it:

Jeremiah 25:21

Edom, Moab, and the sons of Ammon;

Jeremiah 51:46

Let not your heart faint, and be not fearful at the report heard in the land, when a report comes in one year and afterward a report in another year, and violence is in the land, and ruler is against ruler.

Ezekiel 35:1

The word of the Lord came to me:

Joel 3:19

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

Micah 2:13

He who opens the breach will go up before them; they will break through and pass the gate, going out by it. Their king will pass on before them, the Lord at their head.

Matthew 24:6

And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not alarmed; for this must take place, but the end is not yet.

Mark 13:7

And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed; this must take place, but the end is not yet.