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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.
And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)
The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.
And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.
For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;
And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.
And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.
I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
