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Obadiah 1:15

JudgmentJustice

13 You should not enter the gate of My people in the day of their disaster, nor gloat over their affliction in the day of their disaster, nor loot their wealth in the day of their disaster.

14 Nor should you stand at the crossroads to cut off their fugitives, nor deliver up their survivors in the day of their distress.

For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head.

16 For as you drank on My holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. They will drink and gulp it down; they will be as if they had never existed.

17 But on Mount Zion there will be deliverance, and it will be holy, and the house of Jacob will reclaim their possession.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head.
KJV
For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
WEB
For the day of the LORD is near all the nations! As you have done, it will be done to you. Your deeds will return upon your own head.
ASV
For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee; thy dealing shall return upon thine own head.
DARBY
For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy recompence shall return upon thine own head.
BLB
For the day of YHWH [is] near, upon all the nations! As you have done, it will be done to you—your recompense will return upon your own head!
ÅB
For nær er Herrens dag over alle folkene; som du har gjort, skal det gjøres med deg, dine gjerninger skal falle tilbake på ditt eget hode.
OTB
For Herrens dag er nær
For alle nasjonene!
Som du har gjort, skal det bli gjort mot deg.
Dine gjerninger vil komme tilbake på ditt eget hode.
B1930
For nær er Herrens dag over alle folkene; som du har gjort, skal det gjøres med dig, dine gjerninger skal falle tilbake på ditt eget hode.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • James 2:13

    For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

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  • Habakkuk 2:8

    Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you— because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.

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  • Matthew 7:2

    For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

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  • Ezekiel 30:3

    For the day is near, the Day of the LORD is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.

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  • Joel 3:11–14

    Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD.

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  • Judges 1:7

    Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.

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  • Jeremiah 49:12

    For this is what the LORD says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for you must drink it too.

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  • Joel 3:7–8

    Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.

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