Obadiah 1:15

New International Reader's Version

“The day of the Lord is near for all the nations. Others will do to you what you have done to them. You will be paid back for what you have done.

Cross References

Esther 9:25

But the king had found out about Haman’s evil plan. So the king had sent out written orders. He had ordered that Haman’s evil plan against the Jews should happen to him instead. The king also commanded that poles be stuck through the dead bodies of Haman and his sons. Then they should be set up where everyone could see them.

Job 24:1

“Why doesn’t the Mighty One set a time for judging sinful people? Why do those who know him have to keep waiting for that day?

Psalm 137:8

People of Babylon, you are sentenced to be destroyed. Happy is the person who pays you back according to what you have done to us.

Proverbs 5:22

Sinners are trapped by their own evil acts. They are held tight by the ropes of their sins.

Jeremiah 12:14

Here is what the Lord says. “All my evil neighbors have taken over the land I gave my people Israel. So I will pull them up by their roots from the lands they live in. And I will pull up the roots of the people of Judah from among them.

Jeremiah 49:12

The Lord says, “What if those who do not have to drink the cup must drink it anyway? Then shouldn’t you be punished? You will certainly be punished. You must drink the cup.

Jeremiah 50:29

“Send for men armed with bows and arrows. Send them against Babylon. Set up camp all around it. Do not let anyone escape. Pay it back for what its people have done. Do to them what they have done to others. They have dared to disobey me. I am the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 51:56

A destroying army will come against Babylon. The soldiers in the city will be captured. Their bows will be broken. I am the Lord God who pays people back. I will pay them back in full.

Ezekiel 30:3

The day is near. The day of the Lord is coming. It will be a cloudy day. The nations have been sentenced to die.

Ezekiel 35:11

You were full of anger, jealousy and hatred toward my people. So I will punish you. When I judge you, they will know that I am the Lord. And that is just as sure as I am alive,” announces the Lord and King.

Ezekiel 35:15

You were happy when the land of Israel became empty. So I will treat you in the same way. Mount Seir, you will be empty. So will the whole land of Edom. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”

Joel 1:15

The day of the Lord is near. How sad it will be on that day! The Mighty One is coming to destroy you.

Joel 2:1

Priests, blow the trumpets in Zion. Give a warning on my holy mountain. Let everyone who lives in the land tremble with fear. The day of the Lord is coming. It is very near.

Joel 2:11

The Lord thunders with his mighty voice as he leads his army. He has so many forces they can’t even be counted. The army that obeys his commands is mighty. The day of the Lord is great and terrifying. Who can live through it?

Amos 5:18

How terrible it will be for you who long for the day of the Lord! Why do you want it to come? That day will be dark, not light.

Amos 5:20

The day of the Lord will be dark, not light. It will be very black. There won’t be a ray of sunlight anywhere.

Micah 5:15

I will pay back the nations that have not obeyed me. I will direct my anger against them.”

Habakkuk 2:8

You have robbed many nations. So the nations that are left will rob you. You have spilled human blood. You have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.

Matthew 7:2

You will be judged in the same way you judge others. You will be measured in the same way you measure others.

James 2:13

Those who have not shown mercy will not receive mercy when they are judged. To show mercy is better than to judge.

Judges 1:7

Adoni-Bezek said, “I cut off the thumbs and big toes of 70 kings. I made them pick up scraps under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them.” The men of Judah brought Adoni-Bezek to Jerusalem. That’s where he died.