10 Because of the violence(A) against your brother Jacob,(B)
    you will be covered with shame;
    you will be destroyed forever.(C)
11 On the day you stood aloof
    while strangers carried off his wealth
and foreigners entered his gates
    and cast lots(D) for Jerusalem,
    you were like one of them.(E)
12 You should not gloat(F) over your brother
    in the day of his misfortune,(G)
nor rejoice(H) over the people of Judah
    in the day of their destruction,(I)
nor boast(J) so much
    in the day of their trouble.(K)
13 You should not march through the gates of my people
    in the day of their disaster,
nor gloat over them in their calamity(L)
    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,(M)
nor hand over their survivors
    in the day of their trouble.

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Judgment for Edom’s Cruelty to Jacob

10 “Shame will overwhelm you
    because of the violence you inflicted on your brother Jacob,
and you will be excluded[a] forever.

11 “On the day you just stood by,[b]
when[c] strangers carried away Jacob’s[d] wealth
and foreigners entered his gates,
    casting lots for Jerusalem,
you were just like one of them.

12 “You should not have gloated over your brother,[e]
    on the day of his calamity.
You should not have rejoiced
    when[f] the descendants of Judah were perishing.
You should not have boasted[g]
    when[h] they were in distress.

13 “You should not have entered the gate of my people
    on the day of their disaster.[i]
Also, you should not have gloated over Judah’s[j] misfortune
    on the day of his disaster,[k]
nor should you have plundered his wealth
    on the day of his disaster.[l]
14 And you should not have taken your stand at the crossroads
    to cut down his fleeing refugees,
nor should you have handed over his survivors
    on the day of his distress.”

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:10 Lit. cut off
  2. Obadiah 1:11 Or stood in opposition
  3. Obadiah 1:11 Lit. in the day
  4. Obadiah 1:11 Lit. his
  5. Obadiah 1:12 Lit. in the day of your brother
  6. Obadiah 1:12 Lit. in the day
  7. Obadiah 1:12 Lit. have let your mouth boast
  8. Obadiah 1:12 Lit. in the day
  9. Obadiah 1:13 The Heb. words their disaster may be a word play on the Heb. word Edom
  10. Obadiah 1:13 Lit. his
  11. Obadiah 1:13 The Heb. words his disaster may be a word play on the Heb. word Edom
  12. Obadiah 1:13 The Heb. words his disaster may be a word play on the Heb. word Edom