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11 You joined the enemies of Israel.
    Strangers carried Israel’s treasures away.
Foreigners entered Israel’s city gate.
    They threw lots to decide what part of Jerusalem they would get.
    And you were right there with them, waiting to get your share.
12 You should not have laughed[a]
    at your brother’s trouble.
You should not have been happy
    when they destroyed Judah.
You should not have bragged[b]
    at the time of their trouble.
13 You should not have entered the city gate of my people
    and laughed at their problems.
You should not have taken their treasures
    in the time of their trouble.

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:12 laughed Literally, “looked.” Also in verse 13.
  2. Obadiah 1:12 bragged Literally, “made your mouth big.”

11 On the day you stood aloof
    while strangers carried off his wealth
and foreigners entered his gates
    and cast lots(A) for Jerusalem,
    you were like one of them.(B)
12 You should not gloat(C) over your brother
    in the day of his misfortune,(D)
nor rejoice(E) over the people of Judah
    in the day of their destruction,(F)
nor boast(G) so much
    in the day of their trouble.(H)
13 You should not march through the gates of my people
    in the day of their disaster,
nor gloat over them in their calamity(I)
    in the day of their disaster,
nor seize their wealth
    in the day of their disaster.

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