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Obadiah 1:2

Context
NETBible

The Lord says, 1  “Look! I will 2  make you a weak nation; 3  you will be greatly despised!

XREF

Nu 24:18; 1Sa 2:7,8; Job 34:25-29; Ps 107:39,40; Isa 23:9; Eze 29:15; Mic 7:10; Lu 1:51,52

NET © Notes

tn The introductory phrase “the Lord says” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation to clarify the identity of the speaker.

tn The Hebrew perfect verb form used here usually describes past events. However, here and several times in the following verses it is best understood as portraying certain fulfillment of events that at the time of writing were still future. It is the perfect of certitude. See GKC 312-13 §106.n; Joüon 2:363 §112.h.

sn Heb “I will make you small among the nations” (so NAB, NASB, NIV); NRSV “least among the nations”; NCV “the smallest of nations.”



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