11 (A)On the day that you stood aloof,
    (B)on the day that strangers carried off his wealth
and foreigners entered his gates
    (C)and cast lots for Jerusalem,
    you were like one of them.
12 (D)But do not gloat over the day of your brother
    in the day of his misfortune;
(E)do not rejoice over the people of Judah
    in the day of their ruin;
(F)do not boast[a]
    in the day of distress.
13 (G)Do not enter the gate of my people
    in the day of their calamity;
(H)do not gloat over his disaster
    in the day of his calamity;
(I)do not loot his wealth
    in the day of his calamity.

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:12 Hebrew do not enlarge your mouth

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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