Obadiah 1:2 Cross References - Coverdale

² Beholde, I will make ye small amoge the Heithen, so that thou shalt be vtterly despised.

¹⁸ Edom shalbe his possession, and Seir shalbe his enemies possessio, but Israel shal do manfully.

⁷ The LORDE maketh poore and maketh riche: He bryngeth lowe and exalteth. ⁸ He taketh vp the neady out of the dust, and lifteth vp ye poore out of the myre, that he maye set them amonge the prynces, and to let them inheret the seate of honoure: for the foundacions and corners of the worlde are the LORDES, and he hath set the compase of the earth theron.

²⁵ For he knoweth their euell & darcke workes, therfore shal they be destroyed. ²⁶ They that were in ye steade of Seers, dealt like vngodly me. ²⁷ Therfore turned they back traytorously and vnfaithfully fro hi, & wolde not receaue his wayes. ²⁸ In so moch that they haue caused ye voyce of the poore to come vnto him, & now he heareth the coplaynte of soch as are in necessite. ²⁹ Yf he delyuer & graunte pardo, who will iudge or condemne? But yf he hyde awaye his countenaunce, who wil turne it aboute agayne, whether it be to the people or to eny man?

³⁹ Whe they are minished & brought lowe thorow oppressio, thorow eny plage or trouble. ⁴⁰ Though he suffre the to be euell intreated thorow tyrauntes, or let them wandre out of the waye in the wildernesse:

⁹ Eue the LORDE of hoostes hath deuysed it, that he maye put downe al pompe, and minish all the glory of the worlde.

¹⁵ yee they shal be the smallest amonge other kyngdomes, lest they exalte them selues aboue the Heithen: for I will so mynish them,

¹⁰ She that is myne enemy shall loke vpon it, & be confounded, which now saieth: Where is thy LORDE God? Myne eyes shal beholde her, when she shalbe troden downe, as the claye in the stretes.

⁵¹ He sheweth strength with his arme, and scatreth them that are proude in the ymaginacion of their hert. ⁵² He putteth downe the mightie from the seate, and exalteth them of lowe degre.