Because you have had everlasting (A)enmity and have [a]delivered the sons of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of the [b](B)punishment of the end,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 35:5 Lit poured
  2. Ezekiel 35:5 Or iniquity

“‘Because you harbored an ancient hostility and delivered the Israelites over to the sword(A) at the time of their calamity,(B) the time their punishment reached its climax,(C)

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Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of (A)Tyre and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they delivered up an entire population to Edom
And did not remember the covenant of [a](B)brotherhood.
10 “So I will (C)send fire upon the wall of Tyre
And it will consume her citadels.”

11 Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of (D)Edom and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because he (E)pursued his brother with the sword,
While he [b]stifled his compassion;
His anger also (F)tore continually,
And he maintained his fury forever.

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  1. Amos 1:9 Lit brothers
  2. Amos 1:11 Lit corrupted

This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Tyre,(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.(B)
Because she sold whole communities of captives to Edom,
    disregarding a treaty of brotherhood,(C)
10 I will send fire on the walls of Tyre
    that will consume her fortresses.(D)

11 This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Edom,(E)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because he pursued his brother with a sword(F)
    and slaughtered the women of the land,
because his anger raged continually
    and his fury flamed unchecked,(G)

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11 “On the day that you (A)stood aloof,
On the day that strangers carried off his wealth,
And foreigners entered his gate
And (B)cast lots for Jerusalem—
(C)You too were as one of them.
12 (D)Do not [a]gloat over your brother’s day,
The day of his misfortune.
And (E)do not rejoice over the sons of Judah
In the day of their destruction;
Yes, (F)do not [b]boast
In the day of their distress.
13 “Do not enter the gate of My people
In the (G)day of their disaster.
Yes, you, do not [c]gloat over their calamity
In the day of their disaster.
And do not (H)loot their wealth
In the day of their disaster.
14 “Do not (I)stand at the fork of the road
To cut down their fugitives;
And do not imprison their survivors
In the day of their distress.

The Day of the Lord and the Future

15 “For the (J)day of the Lord draws near on all the nations.
(K)As you have done, it will be done to you.
Your (L)dealings will return on your own head.
16 “Because just as you (M)drank on (N)My holy mountain,
All the nations (O)will drink continually.
They will drink and [d]swallow
And become as if they had never existed.

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  1. Obadiah 1:12 Lit look on
  2. Obadiah 1:12 Lit make your mouth large
  3. Obadiah 1:13 Lit look on
  4. Obadiah 1:16 Or stagger

11 On the day you stood aloof
    while strangers carried off his wealth
and foreigners entered his gates
    and cast lots(A) for Jerusalem,
    you were like one of them.(B)
12 You should not gloat(C) over your brother
    in the day of his misfortune,(D)
nor rejoice(E) over the people of Judah
    in the day of their destruction,(F)
nor boast(G) so much
    in the day of their trouble.(H)
13 You should not march through the gates of my people
    in the day of their disaster,
nor gloat over them in their calamity(I)
    in the day of their disaster,
nor seize their wealth
    in the day of their disaster.
14 You should not wait at the crossroads
    to cut down their fugitives,(J)
nor hand over their survivors
    in the day of their trouble.

15 “The day of the Lord is near(K)
    for all nations.
As you have done, it will be done to you;
    your deeds(L) will return upon your own head.
16 Just as you drank(M) on my holy hill,(N)
    so all the nations will drink(O) continually;
they will drink and drink
    and be as if they had never been.(P)

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