Obadiah 1:6
New International Version
But how Esau will be ransacked, his hidden treasures pillaged!

New Living Translation
Every nook and cranny of Edom will be searched and looted. Every treasure will be found and taken.

English Standard Version
How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!

Berean Standard Bible
But how Esau will be pillaged, his hidden treasures sought out!

King James Bible
How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!

New King James Version
“Oh, how Esau shall be searched out! How his hidden treasures shall be sought after!

New American Standard Bible
“Oh how Esau will be searched, And his hidden treasures searched out!

NASB 1995
“O how Esau will be ransacked, And his hidden treasures searched out!

NASB 1977
“O how Esau will be ransacked, And his hidden treasures searched out!

Legacy Standard Bible
Oh how Esau will be searched out And his hidden treasures ransacked!

Amplified Bible
“How Esau (Edom) shall be ransacked [by men who come to ravage with divine approval]! How his hidden treasures shall be searched out!

Christian Standard Bible
How Esau will be pillaged, his hidden treasures searched out!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
How Esau will be pillaged, his hidden treasures searched out!

American Standard Version
How are the things of Esau searched! how are his hidden treasures sought out!

Contemporary English Version
Everything you treasure most will be taken from you.

English Revised Version
How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden treasures sought up!

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But you, Esau, will lose everything. Even your hidden treasures will be looted.

Good News Translation
Descendants of Esau, your treasures have been looted.

International Standard Version
"Oh, how Esau is ransacked, how his hidden treasures are thoroughly searched out!

Majority Standard Bible
But how Esau will be pillaged, his hidden treasures sought out!

NET Bible
How the people of Esau will be thoroughly plundered! Their hidden valuables will be ransacked!

New Heart English Bible
How Esau will be ransacked. How his hidden treasures are sought out.

Webster's Bible Translation
How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought!

World English Bible
How Esau will be ransacked! How his hidden treasures are sought out!
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
How has Esau been searched out! His hidden things have flowed out,

Young's Literal Translation
How hath Esau been searched out! Flowed out have his hidden things,

Smith's Literal Translation
How were they of Esau sought out! His hidden things were sought out.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
How have they searched Esau, how have they sought out his hidden things?

Catholic Public Domain Version
In what way have they been examining Esau? They investigated his secrets.

New American Bible
How Esau has been searched out, his treasures hunted down!

New Revised Standard Version
How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures searched out!
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
How Esau is searched out! how are his hidden things sought out!

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
How Esau has been searched out and he will seek his hiding places!
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
How is Esau searched out! How are his hidden places sought out!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
How has Esau been searched out, and how have his hidden things been detected?

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Destruction of Edom
5“If thieves came to you, if robbers by night—oh, how you will be ruined—would they not steal only what they wanted? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings? 6But how Esau will be pillaged, his hidden treasures sought out! 7All the men allied with you will drive you to the border; the men at peace with you will deceive and overpower you. Those who eat your bread will set a trap for you without your awareness of it.…

Cross References
Jeremiah 49:10
But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more.

Jeremiah 49:7
Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?

Ezekiel 25:13
therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword.

Ezekiel 35:3-4
and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste. / I will turn your cities into ruins, and you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Isaiah 34:5-6
When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction. / The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

Isaiah 63:1
Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”

Lamentations 4:21-22
So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself. / O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.

Amos 1:11-12
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly. / So I will send fire upon Teman to consume the citadels of Bozrah.”

Malachi 1:2-4
“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved, / but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.” / Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.

Psalm 137:7
Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”

Joel 3:19
Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.

Genesis 27:39-40
His father Isaac answered him: “Behold, your dwelling place shall be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of heaven above. / You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”

Hebrews 12:16-17
See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright. / For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.

Romans 9:13
So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

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.


Treasury of Scripture

How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!

are the.

Psalm 139:1
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.

Isaiah 10:13,14
For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man: …

Isaiah 45:3
And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.

how are his.

Daniel 2:22
He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

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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.














But how Esau will be pillaged
The name "Esau" refers to the nation of Edom, descendants of Esau, Jacob's brother. In Hebrew, "Esau" (עֵשָׂו) is often associated with the idea of being "hairy" or "rough," reflecting his physical description in Genesis. The phrase "will be pillaged" indicates a complete and thorough plundering. Historically, Edom was a nation located south of Judah, often in conflict with Israel. The prophecy of being "pillaged" suggests a divine judgment against Edom for its pride and hostility towards Israel. This reflects the broader biblical theme of God's justice and the eventual downfall of those who oppose His people.

his hidden treasures sought out
The term "hidden treasures" implies wealth or resources that are concealed, possibly in the mountainous terrain of Edom, known for its rock-hewn cities like Petra. In Hebrew, the word for "treasures" (מַטְמוֹנָיו) can also mean "storehouses" or "hidden places." The phrase "sought out" suggests a thorough search and discovery, indicating that nothing will remain concealed from God's judgment. This serves as a reminder of the futility of relying on material wealth or strategic defenses against divine intervention. In a spiritual sense, it underscores the biblical principle that nothing is hidden from God, and all will be revealed in His timing.

Verse 6. - Obadiah contemplates Eden's ruin, in retribution of her plundering Jerusalem, and speaks of it as past. How are the things of Esau searched out! literally, how are the things searched out, Esau! i.e. the people and property that belong to Esau. The enemy leave no place unexamined. So in Zephaniah 1:12 the Lord says, "I will search Jerusalem with candles." (For "Esau" as equivalent to "Eden," see Genesis 25:30.) His hidden things (matspon, ἅπαξ λεγόμενον); hidden treasures; Septuagint, τὰ κεκρυμμένα αὐτοῦ. Jeremiah (Jeremiah 49:10) gives, "secret places." Keil notes that Petra was a great emporium of the trade between Arabia and Syria, and that in it great treasures were stored (Diod. Sic., 19:95).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
But how
אֵ֚יךְ (’êḵ)
Interjection
Strong's 349: How?, how!, where

Esau
עֵשָׂ֔ו (‘ê·śāw)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6215: Esau -- oldest son of Isaac

will be pillaged,
נֶחְפְּשׂ֣וּ (neḥ·pə·śū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 2664: To seek, to conceal oneself, mask

his hidden treasures
מַצְפֻּנָֽיו׃ (maṣ·pu·nāw)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4710: Hidden treasure, treasure

sought out!
נִבְע֖וּ (niḇ·‘ū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1158: To gush over, to swell, to desire earnestly, to ask


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