Obadiah 8–14

⁸“In that day,” declares the Lord,

“will I not destroy^o the wise men of Edom,

those of understanding in the mountains of Esau?

⁹Your warriors, Teman,^p will be terrified,

and everyone in Esau’s mountains

will be cut down in the slaughter.

¹⁰Because of the violence^q against your brother Jacob,^r

you will be covered with shame;

you will be destroyed forever.^s

¹¹On the day you stood aloof

while strangers carried off his wealth

and foreigners entered his gates

and cast lots^t for Jerusalem,

you were like one of them.^u

¹²You should not gloat^v over your brother

in the day of his misfortune,^w

nor rejoice^x over the people of Judah

in the day of their destruction,^y

nor boast^z so much

in the day of their trouble.^a

¹³You should not march through the gates of my people

in the day of their disaster,

nor gloat over them in their calamity^b

in the day of their disaster,

nor seize their wealth

in the day of their disaster.

¹⁴You should not wait at the crossroads

to cut down their fugitives,^c

nor hand over their survivors

in the day of their trouble.