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Obadiah 1:4-8

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4Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD .

5“If thieves came to you, if robbers in the night— oh, what a disaster awaits you!— would they not steal only as much as they wanted? If grape pickers came to you, would they not leave a few grapes?

6But how Esau will be ransacked, his hidden treasures pillaged!

7All your allies will force you to the border; your friends will deceive and overpower you; those who eat your bread will set a trap for you, The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain. but you will not detect it.

8“In that day,” declares the LORD, “will I not destroy the wise men of Edom, those of understanding in the mountains of Esau?