Obadiah 1:16 (GNV)

Passage

For as yee haue drunke vpon mine holy Mountaine, so shall all the heathen drinke continually: yea, they shall drinke and swallow vp, and they shalbe as though they had not bene.

Nearby Context

Obadiah 1:14 Neyther shouldest thou haue stande in the crosse wayes to cut off them, that shoulde escape, neither shouldest thou haue shut vp the remnant thereof in the day of affliction.

Obadiah 1:15 For the day of the Lord is neere, vpon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall bee done to thee: thy reward shall returne vpon thine head.

Obadiah 1:16 For as yee haue drunke vpon mine holy Mountaine, so shall all the heathen drinke continually: yea, they shall drinke and swallow vp, and they shalbe as though they had not bene.

Obadiah 1:17 But vpon mount Zion shalbe deliuerance, and it shalbe holy, and the house of Iaakob shall possesse their possessions,

Obadiah 1:18 And the house of Iaakob shalbe a fire, and the house of Ioseph a flame, and the house of Esau as stubble, and they shall kindle in them and deuoure them: and there shall bee no remnant of the house of Esau for the Lord hath spoken it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "haue", "drunke", "vpon", "mine", "holy", "mountaine", "shall", and "heathen". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "haue" and "drunke", 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 "But vpon mount Zion shalbe deliuerance and...", so "haue" and "drunke" 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 "haue" and "drunke" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.