Obadiah 8–14

⁸In that day—

this is the Lord’s declaration—

will I not eliminate the wise ones of Edom^r

and those who understand

from the hill country of Esau?

⁹Teman,^Fs your warriors^t will be terrified

so that everyone from the hill country of Esau

will be destroyed by slaughter.^u

EDOM’S SINS AGAINST JUDAH

¹⁰You will be covered with shame

and destroyed forever

because of violence done to your brother Jacob.^v

¹¹On the day you stood aloof,^w

on the day strangers captured his wealth,^G

while foreigners entered his city gate

and cast lots for Jerusalem,^x

you were just like one of them.^y

¹²Do not gloat over your brother^z

in the day of his calamity;

do not rejoice over the people of Judah^aa

in the day of their destruction;

do not boastfully mock^Bab

in the day of distress.^ac

¹³Do not enter my people’s city gate

in the day of their disaster.^ad

Yes, you—do not gloat over their misery

in the day of their disaster,

and do not appropriate their possessions^ae

in the day of their disaster.

¹⁴Do not stand at the crossroads^Caf

to cut off their fugitives,

and do not hand over their survivors

in the day of distress.