Obadiah 1:10-14

Edom’s Sins against Judah

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You will be covered with shame
and destroyed forever
because of violence done to your brother Jacob.^(A)

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On the day you stood aloof,^(B)
on the day strangers captured his wealth,^(a)
while foreigners entered his gate
and cast lots for Jerusalem,^(C)
you were just like one of them.^(D)

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Do not^(b) gloat over your brother^(E)
in the day of his calamity;
do not rejoice over the people of Judah^(F)
in the day of their destruction;
do not boastfully mock^(c)^(G)
in the day of distress.^(H)

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Do not enter the gate of My people
in the day of their disaster.^(I)
Yes, you—do not gloat over their misery
in the day of their disaster
and do not appropriate their possessions^(J)
in the day of their disaster.

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Do not stand at the crossroads^(d)^(K)
to cut off their fugitives,
and do not hand over their survivors
in the day of distress.

Footnotes:

a. Obadiah 1:11: Or forces

b. Obadiah 1:12: Or You should not throughout vv. 12-14

c. Obadiah 1:12: Lit not make your mouth big

d. Obadiah 1:14: Hb obscure

Cross references:

A. Obadiah 1:10: Ezekiel 25:12-14; Joel 3:19; Amos 1:11

B. Obadiah 1:11: Psalm 83:5-6; Psalm 137:7; Amos 1:6; Amos 1:9

C. Obadiah 1:11: Joel 3:3; Nahum 3:10

D. Obadiah 1:11: 2 Chronicles 21:17; Ezekiel 35:10

E. Obadiah 1:12: Micah 4:11; Micah 7:10

F. Obadiah 1:12: Psalm 83:1-6; Psalm 137:7-9; Ezekiel 35:15; Ezekiel 36:5

G. Obadiah 1:12: Psalm 31:18; Ezekiel 35:12

H. Obadiah 1:12: Genesis 35:3; Psalm 50:15; Jeremiah 16:19

I. Obadiah 1:13: Ezekiel 35:5

J. Obadiah 1:13: Ezekiel 35:10; Ezekiel 36:2-3

K. Obadiah 1:14: Isaiah 16:3-4