¹⁴ You should not wait at the crossroads
    to cut down their fugitives,^(A)
nor hand over their survivors
    in the day of their trouble.

¹² You should not gloat^(A) over your brother
    in the day of his misfortune,^(B)
nor rejoice^(C) over the people of Judah
    in the day of their destruction,^(D)
nor boast^(E) so much
    in the day of their trouble.^(F)

“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)

“For three sins of Gaza,^(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.^(B)
Because she took captive whole communities
    and sold them to Edom,^(C)

⁷ How awful that day^(A) will be!
    No other will be like it.
It will be a time of trouble^(B) for Jacob,
    but he will be saved^(C) out of it.

⁸ You have not given me into the hands^(A) of the enemy
    but have set my feet in a spacious place.^(B)