Obadiah 1:1 (YLT)

Passage

Thus said the Lord Jehovah to Edom, A report we have heard from Jehovah, And an ambassador among nations was sent, `Rise, yea, let us rise against her for battle.'

Nearby Context

Obadiah 1:1 Thus said the Lord Jehovah to Edom, A report we have heard from Jehovah, And an ambassador among nations was sent, `Rise, yea, let us rise against her for battle.'

Obadiah 1:2 Lo, little I have made thee among nations, Despised <FI>art<Fi> thou exceedingly.

Obadiah 1:3 The pride of thy heart hath lifted thee up, O dweller in clifts of a rock, (A high place <FI>is<Fi> his habitation, He is saying in his heart, `Who doth bring me down <FI>to<Fi> earth?')

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thus", "said", "lord", "jehovah", "edom", "report", and "heard". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thus" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "Lo little I have made thee among...", so "thus" and "said" should be read forward into that movement. In Obadiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

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