Obadiah 8–14

⁸“Will I not on that day,” declares Yahweh,

“^aCause the wise men to perish from Edom

And discernment from the mountain of Esau?

⁹“Then your ^amighty men will be dismayed, O ^bTeman,

So that each one may be ^ccut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.

¹⁰“Because of ^aviolence to your brother Jacob,

¹You will be covered with shame,

^bAnd you will be cut off forever.

¹¹“On the day that you ^astood aloof,

On the day that strangers took his wealth captive

And foreigners entered his gate

And ^bcast lots for Jerusalem—

^cYou too were as one of them.

¹²“^aNow do not look on your brother’s day with triumph,

The day of his misfortune.

And ^bdo not be glad over the sons of Judah

In the day when they perish;

And ^cdo not ¹let your mouth speak great things

In the day of their distress.

¹³“Do not enter the gate of My people

In the ^aday of their disaster.

Indeed, you, do not look on their calamity with triumph

In the day of their disaster.

And do not ^bsend out for their wealth

In the day of their disaster.

¹⁴“Do not ^astand at the fork of the road

To cut down those among them who escape;

And do not deliver over their survivors

In the day of their distress.