,this e,book was produced by ,david     
,widger  from etext #aeha prepared by   
,dennis ,mc,carthy1 ,atlanta1 ,georgia  
and ,tad ,book1 student1 ,pontifical    
,north ,american ,college1 ,rome4       
,,the ,,holy ,,bible                    
,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate    
,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 
,greek1  and ,other ,editions in ,divers
 ,languages      ,,the ,,old ,,testament
  ,first ,published by the ,english     
,college at ,douay  ,a4,d4 #afji  #afaj 
and    ,,the ,,new ,,testament  ,first  
,published by the ,english ,college at  
,rheims  ,a4,d4 #aehb      ,with        
,annotations      ,the ,whole ,revised  
and ,diligently ,compared with  the     
,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard     
,challoner  ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb           
,,the ,,prophecy ,,of ,,abdias          
,,abdias1 whose name is interpreted     
,,the ,,servant ,,of ,,the ,,lord1 is   
believed  to have prophesied about the  
same time as ,,osee1 ,,joel1 and ,,amos3
 though  some of the ,hebrews1 who      

believe him to be the same with         
,,achab's  steward1 make him much more  
ancient4 ,his prophecy is the shortest  
of any  in number of words1 but yields  
to none1 says ,,st4 ,,jerome1 in the    
sublimity of mysteries4 ,it contains but
 one chapter4      ,abdias ,chapter #a  
,the destruction of ,edom for their     
pride3 and the wrongs they did to       
,jacob3 the salvation and victory of    
,israel4    #a3a4 ,the vision of        
,abdias4 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god to  
,edom3 ,we have  heard a rumour from the
 ,lord1 and he hath sent an ambassador  
to the  nations3 ,arise1 and let us rise
 up to battle against him4    #a3b4     
,behold ,i have made thee small among   
the nations3 thou art exceeding         
contemptible4    #a3c4 ,the pride of thy
 heart hath lifted thee up1 who dwellest
 in the  clefts of the rocks1 and       
settest up thy throne on high3 who      
sayest in  thy heart3 ,who shall bring  
me down to the ground8    #a3d4 ,though 
thou be exalted as an eagle1 and though 

thou set thy nest  among the stars3     
thence will ,i bring thee down1 saith   
the ,lord4    #a3e4 ,if thieves had gone
 in to thee1 if robbers by night1 how   
wouldst  thou have held thy peace8 would
 they not have stolen till they had     
enough8 if the grapegatherers had come  
in to thee1 would they not have  left   
thee at the least a cluster8    #a3f4   
,how have they searched ,esau1 how have 
they sought out his hidden  things8     
#a3g4 ,they have sent thee out even to  
the border3 all the men of thy          
confederacy have deceived thee3 the men 
of thy peace have prevailed  against    
thee3 they that eat with thee shall lay 
snares under thee3 there  is no wisdom  
in him4    #a3h4 ,shall not ,i in that  
day1 saith the ,lord1 destroy the wise  
out of  ,edom1 and understanding out of 
the mount of ,esau8    #a3i4 ,and thy   
valiant men of the south shall be       
afraid1 that man may be  cut off from   
the mount of ,esau4    #a3aj4 ,for the  
slaughter1 and for the iniquity against 

thy brother ,jacob1  confusion shall    
cover thee1 and thou shalt perish for   
ever4    #a3aa4 ,in the day when thou   
stoodest against him1 when strangers    
carried  away his army captive1 and     
foreigners entered into his gates1 and  
cast  lots upon ,jerusalem3 thou also   
wast as one of them4    #a3ab4 ,but thou
 shalt not look on in the day of thy    
brother1 in the day  of his leaving his 
country3 and thou shalt not rejoice over
 the children  of ,juda1 in the day of  
their destruction3 and thou shalt not   
magnify thy  mouth in the day of        
distress4    ,thou shalt not look1      
etc444 or1 thou shouldst not1 etc4 ,it  
is a  reprehension for what they had    
done1 and at the same time a declaration
  that these things should not pass     
unpunished4-,ibid4 ,thou shalt not      
magnify thy mouth444 ,that is1 thou     
shalt not speak arrogantly against  the 
children of ,juda as insulting them in  
their distress4    #a3ac4 ,neither shalt
 thou enter into the gate of my people  

in the day of  their ruin3 neither shalt
 thou also look on in his evils in the  
day of  his calamity3 and thou shalt not
 be sent out against his army in the day
  of his desolation4    #a3ad4 ,neither 
shalt thou stand in the crossways to    
kill them that flee3  and thou shalt not
 shut up them that remain of him in the 
day of  tribulation4    #a3ae4 ,for the 
day of the ,lord is at hand upon all    
nations3 as thou hast  done1 so shall it
 be done to thee3 he will turn thy      
reward upon thy own  head4    #a3af4    
,for as you have drunk upon my holy     
mountain1 so all nations shall  drink   
continually3 and they shall drink1 and  
sup up1 and they shall be  as though    
they were not4    #a3ag4 ,and in mount  
,sion shall be salvation1 and it shall  
be holy1 and  the house of ,jacob shall 
possess those that possessed them4      
#a3ah4 ,and the house of ,jacob shall be
 a fire1 and the house of ,joseph a     
flame1 and the house of ,esau stubble3  
and they shall be kindled in them1  and 

shall devour them3 and there shall be no
 remains of the house of  ,esau1 for the
 ,lord hath spoken it4    #a3ai4 ,and   
they that are toward the south1 shall   
inherit the mount of  ,esau1 and they   
that are in the plains1 the             
,philistines3 and they shall  possess   
the country of ,ephraim1 and the country
 of ,samaria3 and ,benjamin  shall      
possess ,galaad4    #a3bj4 ,and the     
captivity of this host of the children  
of ,israel1 all the  places of the      
,chanaanites even to ,sarepta3 and the  
captivity of  ,jerusalem that is in     
,bosphorus1 shall possess the cities of 
the south4    #a3ba4 ,and saviours shall
 come up into mount ,sion to judge the  
mount of  ,esau3 and the kingdom shall  
be for the ,lord4