Obadiah 10–16

Edom’s Violence Against Jacob

^10lBecause of the violence done to your brother Jacob,

shame shall cover you,

^mand you shall be cut off forever.

¹¹ⁿOn the day that you stood aloof,

^oon the day that strangers carried off his wealth

and foreigners entered his gates

^pand cast lots for Jerusalem,

you were like one of them.

^12qBut do not gloat over the day of your brother

in the day of his misfortune;

^rdo not rejoice over the people of Judah

in the day of their ruin;

^sdo not boast⁵

in the day of distress.

^13tDo not enter the gate of my people

in the day of their calamity;

^tdo not gloat over his disaster

in the day of his calamity;

^udo not loot his wealth

in the day of his calamity.

^14vDo not stand at the crossroads

to cut off his fugitives;

do not hand over his survivors

in the day of distress.

The Day of the Lord Is Near

¹⁵For ^wthe day of the Lord is near upon all the nations.

^xAs you have done, it shall be done to you;

your deeds shall return on your own head.

^16yFor as you have drunk on ^zmy holy mountain,

so all the nations shall drink continually;

they shall drink and swallow,

and shall be as though they had never been.