Obadiah 1:7

Good News Translation

Your allies have deceived you; they have driven you from your country. People who were at peace with you have now conquered you. Those friends who ate with you have laid a trap for you; they say of you, ‘Where is all that cleverness he had?’

Cross References

Psalm 41:10

Be merciful to me, Lord, and restore my health, and I will pay my enemies back.

Psalm 41:9

Even my best friend, the one I trusted most, the one who shared my food, has turned against me.

Isaiah 27:11

The branches of the trees are withered and broken, and women gather them for firewood. Because the people have understood nothing, God their Creator will not pity them or show them any mercy.

Jeremiah 20:10

I hear everybody whispering, “Terror is everywhere! So let's report him to the authorities!” Even my close friends wait for my downfall. “Perhaps he can be tricked,” they say; “then we can catch him and get revenge.”

Jeremiah 30:14

All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer care about you. I have attacked you like an enemy; your punishment has been harsh because your sins are many and your wickedness is great.

Jeremiah 38:22

In it I saw all the women left in Judah's royal palace being led out to the king of Babylonia's officers. Listen to what they were saying as they went: ‘The king's best friends misled him, they overruled him. And now that his feet have sunk in the mud, his friends have left him.’”

Jeremiah 4:30

Jerusalem, you are doomed! Why do you dress in scarlet? Why do you put on jewelry and paint your eyes? You are making yourself beautiful for nothing! Your lovers have rejected you and want to kill you.

Jeremiah 49:7

This is what the Lord Almighty said about Edom: “Have the people of Edom lost their good judgment? Can their advisers no longer tell them what to do? Has all their wisdom disappeared?

Lamentations 1:19

“I called to my allies, but they refused to help me. The priests and the leaders died in the city streets, Looking for food to keep themselves alive.

Hosea 13:13

Israel has a chance to live, but is too foolish to take it—like a child about to be born, who refuses to come out of the womb.

Hosea 7:11

Israel flits around like a silly pigeon; first her people call on Egypt for help, and then they run to Assyria!

John 13:18

“I am not talking about all of you; I know those I have chosen. But the scripture must come true that says, ‘The man who shared my food turned against me.’