Obadiah 1:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I forced the people of Judah to drink the wine of my anger on my sacred mountain. Soon the neighbouring nations must drink their fill— then vanish without a trace.

Cross References

Isaiah 42:14

For a long time, I, the LORD, have held my temper; now I will scream and groan like a woman giving birth.

Jeremiah 49:12

Even those nations that don't deserve to be punished will have to drink from the cup of my anger. So how can you possibly hope to escape?

Lamentations 4:21

You people of Edom can celebrate now! But your time will come to suffer and stagger around naked.

Joel 3:17

I am the LORD your God. And you will know I live on Zion, my sacred hill, because Jerusalem will be sacred, untouched by foreign troops.

Habakkuk 1:9

They are eager to destroy, and they gather captives like handfuls of sand.

1 Peter 4:17

God has already begun judging his own people. And if his judgment begins with us, imagine how terrible it will be for those who refuse to obey his message. The Scriptures say,