Obadiah 10–16

¹⁰“Because of the violence you did to Jacob, your relative, 

you will be covered with shame. 

You will be destroyed forever. 

¹¹While you stood there doing nothing, 

strangers carried off Jacob’s wealth. 

Foreigners entered his gates and threw dice for Jerusalem. 

You acted like one of them. 

¹²Don’t gloat over your relative’s misfortune 

or be happy when the people of Judah are destroyed. 

Don’t brag so much when they’re in distress. 

¹³Don’t march through the gates of my people when disaster strikes 

or gloat over their misery when disaster strikes. 

Don’t take their wealth when disaster strikes. 

¹⁴Don’t stand at the crossroads to kill their refugees. 

Don’t hand over their survivors when they’re in distress. 

The Day of the Lord

¹⁵“The day of the Lord is near for all nations. 

Edom, you will be treated as you have treated others. 

You will get back what you have given. 

¹⁶As you, Israel, drank on my holy mountain, 

so all nations will drink in turn. 

They will drink and guzzle down everything in it. 

They will be like those who have never existed.