29 Have I rejoiced over my enemy’s distress,
or become excited when trouble came his way?

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17 Don’t gloat when your enemy falls,
and don’t let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,(A)

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שׁ Shin

21 People have heard me groaning,(A)
but there is no one to comfort me.
All my enemies have heard of my misfortune;
they are glad that You have caused it.(B)
Bring on the day You have announced,
so that they may become like me.(C)

ת Tav

22 Let all their wickedness come before You,
and deal with them
as You have dealt with me
because of all my transgressions.(D)
For my groans are many,
and I am sick at heart.

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For this is what the Lord God says: “Because you clapped your hands,(A) stamped your feet, and rejoiced over the land of Israel with wholehearted contempt, therefore I am about to stretch out My hand against you(B) and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and eliminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am Yahweh.”

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15 Just as you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it became a desolation, so I will deal with you: you will become a desolation, Mount Seir, and so will all Edom in its entirety. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.

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12 Do not[a] gloat over your brother(A)
in the day of his calamity;
do not rejoice over the people of Judah(B)
in the day of their destruction;
do not boastfully mock[b](C)
in the day of distress.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:12 Or You should not throughout vv. 12-14
  2. Obadiah 1:12 Lit not make your mouth big

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