Obadiah 8–13

⁸The Lord announces, “At that time

I will destroy the wise men of Edom.

I will wipe out the men of understanding

in the mountains of Esau.

⁹People of Teman, your soldiers will be terrified.

Everyone in Esau’s mountains

will be cut down with swords.

¹⁰You did harmful things to your brothers,

the people of Jacob.

So you will be covered with shame.

You will be destroyed forever.

¹¹Strangers entered the gates of Jerusalem.

They cast lots to see what each one would get.

They carried off its wealth.

When that happened, you just stood there and did nothing.

You were like one of them.

¹²That was a time of trouble for your brothers.

So you should not have looked down on them.

The people of Judah were destroyed.

So you should not have been happy about it.

You should not have laughed at them so much

when they were in trouble.

¹³You should not have marched

through the gates of my people’s city

when they were having so much trouble.

You should not have looked down on them.

You should not have stolen their wealth.