Obadiah 8–14

⁸In that day—

this is the Lord’s declaration—

will I not eliminate the wise ones of Edom ^w

and those who understand

from the hill country of Esau?

⁹Teman, ^xyyour warriors ^zwill be terrified

so that everyone from the hill country of Esau

will be destroyed by slaughter. ^a

Edom’s Sins against Judah

¹⁰You will be covered with shame

and destroyed forever

because of violence done to your brother Jacob. ^b

¹¹On the day you stood aloof, ^c

on the day strangers captured his wealth, ^d

while foreigners entered his gate

and cast lots for Jerusalem, ^e

you were just like one of them. ^f

¹²Do not ^ggloat over your brother ^h

in the day of his calamity;

do not rejoice over the people of Judah ⁱ

in the day of their destruction;

do not boastfully mock ^jk

in the day of distress. ^l

¹³Do not enter the gate of My people

in the day of their disaster. ^m

Yes, you—do not gloat over their misery

in the day of their disaster

and do not appropriate their possessions ⁿ

in the day of their disaster.

¹⁴Do not stand at the crossroads ^op

to cut off their fugitives,

and do not hand over their survivors

in the day of distress.