Obadiah 1:15 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.

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New International Version
“The day of the LORD is near for all nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return upon your own head.

New Living Translation
“The day is near when I, the LORD, will judge all godless nations! As you have done to Israel, so it will be done to you. All your evil deeds will fall back on your own heads.

English Standard Version
For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you; your deeds shall return on your own head.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
“For the day of the LORD upon all the nations is near; As you have done, it shall be done to you; Your reprisal shall return upon your own head.

New American Standard Bible
“For the day of the LORD is near for all the nations. Just as you have done, it will be done to you. Your dealings will return on your own head.

NASB 1995
“For the day of the LORD draws near on all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you. Your dealings will return on your own head.

NASB 1977
“For the day of the LORD draws near on all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you. Your dealings will return on your own head.

Legacy Standard Bible
“For the day of Yahweh draws near on all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you. Your dealings will return on your own head.

Amplified Bible
“For the [judgment] day of the LORD draws near on all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you [in retribution]; Your [evil] dealings will return on your own head.

Christian Standard Bible
For the day of the LORD is near, against all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; what you deserve will return on your own head.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For the Day of the LORD is near, against all the nations. As you have done, so it will be done to you; what you deserve will return on your own head.

American Standard Version
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.

Contemporary English Version
The day is coming when I, the LORD, will judge the nations. And, Edom, you will pay in full for what you have done.

English Revised Version
For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee; thy dealing shall return upon thine own head.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"The day of the LORD is near for all nations. Edom, you will be treated as you have treated others. You will get back what you have given.

Good News Translation
"The day is near when I, the LORD, will judge all nations. Edom, what you have done will be done to you. You will get back what you have given.

International Standard Version
"Indeed, the Day of the LORD approaches all nations. As you have done it will be done to you— your deeds will return to haunt you!

Majority Standard Bible
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.

NET Bible
"For the day of the LORD is approaching for all the nations! Just as you have done, so it will be done to you. You will get exactly what your deeds deserve.

New Heart English Bible
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done to thee: thy reward shall return upon thy own head.

World English Bible
For 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.

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version
For near [is] the Day of YHWH, on all the nations, "" As you have done, it is done to you, "" Your deed turns back on your own head.

Young's Literal Translation
For near is the day of Jehovah, on all the nations, As thou hast done, it is done to thee, Thy deed doth turn back on thine own head.

Smith's Literal Translation
For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations: as thou didst, it shall be done to thee: thy recompense shall turn back upon thy head.

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For the day of the Lord is near, over all nations. Just as you have done, so will it be done to you. He will turn back your retribution on your own head.

New American Bible
Near is the day of the LORD against all the nations! As you have done, so will it be done to you, your conduct will come back upon your own head;

New Revised Standard Version
For the day of the LORD is near against all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you; your deeds shall return on your own head.

Translations from Aramaic

Lamsa Bible
For the day of the LORD is near upon all nations; as you have done, it shall be done to you; your rewards shall return upon your own head.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Because the day of LORD JEHOVAH is near on all the nations, as what you have done, thus it shall be done to you, and your vengeance shall return on your head

OT Translations

JPS Tanakh 1917
For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations; As thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee; Thy dealing shall return upon thine own head.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For the day of the Lord is near upon all the Gentiles: as thou have done, so shall it be done to thee: thy recompense shall be returned on thine own head.

Additional Translations ...

Audio Bible

Context

The Deliverance of Israel
15For 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. 16For 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.…

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Cross References

Joel 3:7
Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.

Joel 3:14
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

Jeremiah 25:15-17
This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it. / And they will drink and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.” / So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me,

Isaiah 13:6
Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Isaiah 34:8
For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

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.

Zephaniah 1:14-15
The great Day of the LORD is near—near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter. / That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,

Malachi 4:1
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”

Amos 5:18-20
Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light. / It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake. / Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?

Isaiah 2:12
For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—

Isaiah 13:9
Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming—cruel, with fury and burning anger—to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.

Ezekiel 7:19
They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity.

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.

Matthew 25:31-46
When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne. / All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. / He will place the sheep on His right and the goats on His left. ...

Luke 6:38
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”

Treasury of Scripture

For the day of the LORD is near on all the heathen: as you have done, it shall be done to you: your reward shall return on your own head.

the day.

Psalm 110:5,6
The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath…

Jeremiah 9:25,26
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised; …

Jeremiah 25:15-29
For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it…

as.

Judges 1:7
And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

Psalm 137:8
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

Ezekiel 35:15
As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

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Obadiah 1

1. The destruction of Edom,
3. for their pride,
10. and for their wrong unto Jacob.
17. The salvation and victory of Jacob.

Berean Study Bible

For the Day of the LORD
The phrase "the Day of the LORD" is a significant eschatological term found throughout the Old Testament, often associated with divine judgment and the ultimate sovereignty of God. In Hebrew, "Yom Yahweh" signifies a time when God intervenes directly in human affairs, bringing both judgment and salvation. Historically, this concept is rooted in the prophetic tradition, where the "Day of the LORD" is a time of reckoning for nations and individuals who have opposed God's will. It serves as a reminder of God's ultimate authority and the certainty of His justice.

is near
The term "is near" conveys a sense of imminence and urgency. In Hebrew, the word "qarob" suggests not only temporal proximity but also the certainty of an event. This phrase emphasizes the immediacy of God's intervention and serves as a warning to the nations to repent and align themselves with God's righteousness. The prophetic message here is clear: the time for change is now, and the opportunity for repentance is fleeting.

for all the nations
The inclusion of "all the nations" underscores the universal scope of God's judgment. Unlike other prophetic messages that may focus on Israel or specific nations, Obadiah's prophecy extends to all peoples, highlighting the comprehensive nature of divine justice. This reflects the biblical theme that God is not only the God of Israel but the sovereign ruler over all creation. Historically, this would have been a radical message, challenging the prevailing notion of localized deities and emphasizing the monotheistic belief in one true God.

As you have done, it will be done to you
This phrase encapsulates the principle of divine retribution, often summarized as "measure for measure." In Hebrew thought, this reflects the concept of "middah k'neged middah," where one's actions are met with corresponding consequences. This principle is echoed throughout Scripture, emphasizing God's justice and the moral order of the universe. It serves as both a warning and a promise: those who act unjustly will face justice, while those who live righteously will be rewarded.

your deeds will return upon your own head
The imagery of "your deeds will return upon your own head" vividly illustrates the personal nature of divine justice. In ancient Near Eastern culture, the head was often seen as the seat of one's identity and honor. Thus, the return of one's deeds upon their own head signifies a direct and personal accountability for one's actions. This reinforces the biblical teaching that individuals and nations are responsible for their choices and will face the consequences of their actions. It serves as a powerful reminder of the moral order established by God and the inevitability of His righteous judgment.

Pulpit Commentary

Verses 15, 16. - § 3. The warning given in the first section (vers, 1-9) is supplemented by the announcement that in the day of the Lord, Edom and all the enemies of Israel shall be remembered, and shall suffer just retribution, meeting with the fate which they had inflicted on others. Verse 15. - The day of the Lord. This is not primarily the final day of judgment, but the time when "Jehovah reveals his majesty and omnipotence in a glorious manner, to overthrow all ungodly powers, and to complete his kingdom" (Keil). It is announced by Joel 1:15; Joel 2:1, 31; Zephaniah 1:14; but the notion of a judgment to fall on Gentile nations, and to issue in the establishment of the kingdom of God, was familiar long before. Balaam had seen it in dim vision (Numbers 24:17-24); Hannah had anticipated the destruction that would accompany it (1 Samuel 2:9, 10); so had David (2 Samuel 23:5-7) in his last words; it is clearly predicted in the Psalms (see Psalm 2 and 110.) (Knabenbauer). Is near. Because every such judgment upon individual nations is typical of the great day and preparative of it. As thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee (comp. Judges 1:7; Psalm 137:8; Jeremiah 50:15). This law of retribution was the ideal of heathen justice, according to the Rhadamanthian rule, "If a man should suffer what he hath done, then there would be strict justice" (Aristotle, 'Eth. Nic.' 5:5. 3). Thy reward (Joel 3:7 [4:7, Hebrew]; better, that which thou hast performed - thy work or dealing, Upon thine own head. Like a stone cast towards heaven (comp. Psalm 7:16; Esther 9. '25).

Parallel Commentaries ...

Hebrew

For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the Day
יוֹם־ (yō·wm-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3117: A day

of the LORD
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

is near
קָר֥וֹב (qā·rō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7138: Near

for
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the nations.
הַגּוֹיִ֑ם (hag·gō·w·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

As
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

you have done,
עָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ (‘ā·śî·ṯā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

it will be done
יֵעָ֣שֶׂה (yê·‘ā·śeh)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

to you;
לָּ֔ךְ (lāḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

your recompense
גְּמֻלְךָ֖ (gə·mul·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1576: Treatment, an act, service, requital

will return
יָשׁ֥וּב (yā·šūḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

upon your own head.
בְּרֹאשֶֽׁךָ׃ (bə·rō·še·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 7218: The head

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