Obadiah 10–16

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 carried off his wealth,

And foreigners entered his gate

And ^bcast lots for Jerusalem—

^cYou too were as one of them.

¹²“^aDo not ¹gloat over your brother’s day,

The day of his misfortune.

And ^bdo not rejoice over the sons of Judah

In the day of their destruction;

Yes, ^cdo not ²boast

In the day of their distress.

¹³“Do not enter the gate of My people

In the ^aday of their disaster.

Yes, you, do not ¹gloat over their calamity

In the day of their disaster.

And do not ^bloot their wealth

In the day of their disaster.

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

To cut down their fugitives;

And do not imprison their survivors

In the day of their distress.

The Day of the Lord and the Future

¹⁵“For the ^aday of the Lord draws near on all the nations.

^bAs you have done, it will be done to you.

Your ^cdealings will return on your own head.

¹⁶“Because just as you ^adrank on ^bMy holy mountain,

All the nations ^cwill drink continually.

They will drink and ¹swallow

And become as if they had never existed.