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Obadiah 13

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You shouldn’t have taken advantage of my people

when their lives had fallen apart.

You of all people should not have been amused

by their troubles, their wrecked nation.

You shouldn’t have taken the shirt off their back

when they were knocked flat, defenseless.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Do not enter the gate of my people

in the day of their calamity;

do not gloat over his disaster

in the day of his calamity;

do not loot his wealth

in the day of his calamity.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

You should not march through the gates of my people

in the day of their disaster,

nor gloat over them in their calamity

in the day of their disaster,

nor seize their wealth

in the day of their disaster.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Do not enter my people’s city gate

in the day of their disaster.

Yes, you—do not gloat over their misery

in the day of their disaster,

and do not appropriate their possessions

in the day of their disaster.

NLTNew Living Translation

You should not have plundered the land of Israel

when they were suffering such calamity.

You should not have gloated over their destruction

when they were suffering such calamity.

You should not have seized their wealth

when they were suffering such calamity.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You should not have entered the gate of my people on the day of their disaster. You also should not have gloated over his misery on the day of his disaster, and you should not have stretched out your hands to his wealth on the day of his disaster.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity:

Yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity,

Nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;