Obadiah 1:16 (DRB)

Passage

For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, so all nations shall drink continually: and they shall drink, and sup up, and they shall be as though they were not.

Nearby Context

Obadiah 1:14 Neither shalt thou stand in the crossways to kill them that flee: and thou shalt not shut up them that remain of him in the day of tribulation.

Obadiah 1:15 For the day of the Lord is at hand upon all nations: as thou hast done, so shall it be done to thee: he will turn thy reward upon thy own head.

Obadiah 1:16 For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, so all nations shall drink continually: and they shall drink, and sup up, and they shall be as though they were not.

Obadiah 1:17 And in mount Sion shall be salvation, and it shall be holy, and the house of Jacob shall possess those that possessed them.

Obadiah 1:18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble: and they shall be kindled in them, and shall devour them: and there shall be no remains of the house of Esau, for the Lord hath spoken it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "drunk", "upon", "holy", "mountain", "nations", "shall", "drink", and "continually". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "drunk" and "upon", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "For the day of the Lord is..." into verse 17's "And in mount Sion shall be salvation...", so "drunk" and "upon" belong inside that flow. In Obadiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "drunk" and "upon" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.