December 22 (Obadiah—Jonah 4; Psalm 142; Revelation 1)

Through the ESV Bible in a Year with Ray Ortlund

Crossway

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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0:00.0	A reading from the book of Obadiah.
0:04.0	Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom.
0:08.0	We have heard a report from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations.
0:14.0	Rise up. Let us rise against her for battle.
0:18.0	Behold, I will make you small among the nations.
0:21.7	You shall be utterly despised.
0:24.1	The pride of your heart has deceived you.
0:27.6	You who live in the clefts of the rock, in your lofty dwelling, who say in your heart,
0:33.5	who will bring me down to the ground?
0:36.7	Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, from there
0:43.8	I will bring you down, declares the Lord.
0:48.0	If thieves came to you, if plunderers came by night, how you have been destroyed.
0:55.1	Would they not steal only enough for themselves?
0:58.4	If grape-gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?
1:03.6	How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out.
1:08.9	All your allies have driven you to your border.
1:12.0	Those at peace with you have deceived you.
1:14.9	They have prevailed against you.
1:17.3	Those who eat your bread have set a trap beneath you.
1:20.8	You have no understanding.
1:23.5	Will I not, on that day, declares the Lord, destroy the wise men out of Edom and understanding
1:29.7	out of Mount Esau? And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teeman, so that every man from
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