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And your warriors will be shattered, O Teman, so that everyone[a] from the mountain of Esau will be cut off because of the slaughter!

Edom’s Treachery against Judah

10 “Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you and you will be cut off forever. 11 On the day you stood nearby,[b] on the day strangers took[c] his wealth, and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots over Jerusalem, you were also like one of them.

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:9 Literally “each”
  2. Obadiah 1:11 Literally “the day of your standing nearby”
  3. Obadiah 1:11 Literally “the day of the taking captive by strangers”

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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And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

10 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.

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