Obadiah 8–14

⁸“Will I not on that day,” declares the Lord,

“^aDestroy wise men from Edom

And understanding from the mountain of Esau?

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

So that everyone 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 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.