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Obadiah 1:16

World English Bible

For as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so will all the nations drink continually. Yes, they will drink, swallow down, and will be as though they had not been.

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Obadiah 1:16 in other translations

For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the nations drink continually; yea, they shall drink, and swallow down, and shall be as though they had not been.

Obadiah 1:16 · American Standard Version

Obadiah 1:16 in context

  1. 14Don’t stand in the crossroads to cut off those of his who escape. Don’t deliver up those of his who remain in the day of distress.
  2. 15For the day of Yahweh is near all the nations! As you have done, it will be done to you. Your deeds will return upon your own head.
  3. 16For as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so will all the nations drink continually. Yes, they will drink, swallow down, and will be as though they had not been.
  4. 17But in Mount Zion, there will be those who escape, and it will be holy. The house of Jacob will possess their possessions.
  5. 18The house of Jacob will be a fire, the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble. They will burn among them, and devour them. There will not be any remaining to the house of Esau.” Indeed, Yahweh has spoken.