Obadiah 1:2 ““Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you will be deeply d…”

Obadiah 1:2

“Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you will be deeply despised.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.

World English Bible

Behold, I have made you small among the nations. You are greatly despised.

American Standard Version

Behold, I have made thee small among the nations: thou art greatly despised.

Geneva Bible 1599

Beholde, I haue made thee small among the heathen: thou art vtterly despised.

Darby Translation

Behold, I have made thee small among the nations; thou art greatly despised.

Young's Literal Translation

Lo, little I have made thee among nations, Despised [art] thou exceedingly.

Bible in Basic English

See, I have made you small among the nations: you are much looked down on.

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Cross references

“Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.”

Numbers 24:18 Isaiah 23:9 Job 34:25–29 Micah 7:10 Ezekiel 29:15 1 Samuel 2:7

Numbers 24:18 · BSB

Edom will become a possession, as will Seir, his enemy; but Israel will perform with valor.

Isaiah 23:9 · BSB

The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.

Job 34:25–29 · BSB

Therefore, He recognizes their deeds; He overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.

Micah 7:10 · BSB

Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame— she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets.

Ezekiel 29:15 · BSB

Egypt will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself above the nations. For I will diminish Egypt so that it will never again rule over the nations.

1 Samuel 2:7 · BSB

The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1This is the vision of Obadiah: This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom— We have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent among the nations to say, “Rise up, and let us go to battle against her!”—

3The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’

Read Obadiah 1