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Obadiah 1:10-16

As Thou Hast Done, It Shall Be Done

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As Thou Hast Done, It Shall Be Done

Obadiah 1:10-16

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Obadiah 1:10-16

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This song belongs to the Obadiah collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

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Obadiah
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Obadiah
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[Litany] You stood on the ridge while the gate was broken, Do not rejoice, do not boast in the day, Watched lots fall over the streets of your brother. Do not block the road where the fugitive runs. You called his distress a convenient hour, Do not rejoice, do not boast in the day, Entered the ruin and carried his treasure. Do not block the road where the fugitive runs. [Verse 2] Aloof is a choice when the wounded are near, Silence joins violence when mercy is due. As thou hast done, it shall be done, The measure returns on the head that begun. [Refrain] Do not rejoice, do not boast in the day, Do not block the road where the fugitive runs. [Bridge] The cup raised in triumph grows bitter and deep, The holy mountain remembers the feast. Brotherhood tested at the gate of despair, The Day of the LORD finds what the bystander shared. [Final Chorus] Do not rejoice, do not boast in the day, Do not block the road where the fugitive runs. The Day of the LORD finds what the bystander shared.

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Obadiah 1: The brother at the crossroads

Obadiah begins with Edom high in the rocks and certain that no one can bring it down, then steadily removes every support beneath that confidence. Hidden wealth is searched out, allies turn treacherous, wisdom fails, and mighty men cannot preserve the mountain of Esau. The charge at the center is “violence against thy brother Jacob,” and the book traces Edom’s conduct from watching Jerusalem’s calamity to rejoicing, plundering, blocking escape, and delivering up survivors. The repeated day of Judah’s distress then widens into the day of the LORD upon all nations, where conduct returns upon the doer. Zion receives deliverance and possession, scattered captives are included in restoration, and the final declaration keeps the ending from becoming merely a national reversal: “the kingdom shall be the LORD’s.”

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