Edom Mistreated His Brother
Shame shall cover you,
And byou shall be cut off forever.
In the day that strangers carried captive his forces,
When foreigners entered his gates
And bcast lots for Jerusalem—
Even you were as one of them.
1In the day of his captivity;
Nor should you have brejoiced over the children of Judah
In the day of their destruction;
Nor should you have spoken proudly
In the day of distress.
In the day of their calamity.
Indeed, you should not have1 gazed on their affliction
In the day of their calamity,
Nor laid hands on their substance
In the day of their calamity.
To cut off those among them who escaped;
Nor should you have1 delivered up those among them who remained
In the day of distress.
bAs you have done, it shall be done to you;
Your1 reprisal shall return upon your own head.
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Obadiah 1:12
looked on—with malignant pleasure, and a brutal stare. So the antitypes, Messiah's foes (Psalms 22:17). MAURER translates, as the Margin, "thou shouldest not look" any more. English Version agrees with the context better.
the day of thy brother—his day of calamity.
became a stranger—that is, was banished as an alien from his own land. God sends heavy calamities on those who rejoice in the calamities of their enemies (Proverbs 17:5; Proverbs 24:17-18). Contrast the opposite conduct of David and of the divine Son of David in a like case (Psalms 35:13-15).
spoken proudly—literally, "made great the mouth"; proudly insulting the fallen (Ezekiel 35:13, Margin; compare I Samuel 2:8; Revelation 13:6).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Obadiah 1:12:
Job 18:20
Job 19:5
Psalms 137:7-9
Isaiah 21:12
Isaiah 34:5
Ezekiel 25:12
Ezekiel 35:5
Ezekiel 35:15
Amos 1:11
Amos 1:11
Obadiah 1:11
Micah 4:11
Zephaniah 2:8
Zechariah 1:15
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