Teman,[a](A) your warriors(B) will be terrified
so that everyone from the hill country of Esau
will be destroyed by slaughter.(C)

Edom’s Sins against Judah

10 You will be covered with shame
and destroyed forever
because of violence done to your brother Jacob.(D)
11 On the day you stood aloof,(E)
on the day strangers captured his wealth,[b]
while foreigners entered his gate
and cast lots for Jerusalem,(F)
you were just like one of them.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:9 = a region or city in Edom
  2. Obadiah 1:11 Or forces

Your warriors, Teman,(A) will be terrified,
    and everyone in Esau’s mountains
    will be cut down in the slaughter.
10 Because of the violence(B) against your brother Jacob,(C)
    you will be covered with shame;
    you will be destroyed forever.(D)
11 On the day you stood aloof
    while strangers carried off his wealth
and foreigners entered his gates
    and cast lots(E) for Jerusalem,
    you were like one of them.(F)

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