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Obadiah 1:14

Sin

12 But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress.

13 You should not enter the gate of My people in the day of their disaster, nor gloat over their affliction in the day of their disaster, nor loot their wealth in the day of their disaster.

Nor should you stand at the crossroads to cut off their fugitives, nor deliver up their survivors in the day of their distress.

15 For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head.

16 For as you drank on My holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. They will drink and gulp it down; they will be as if they had never existed.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Nor should you stand at the crossroads to cut off their fugitives, nor deliver up their survivors in the day of their distress.
KJV
Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.
WEB
Don’t stand in the crossroads to cut off those of his who escape. Don’t deliver up those of his who remain in the day of distress.
ASV
And stand thou not in the crossway, to cut off those of his that escape; and deliver not up those of his that remain in the day of distress.
DARBY
and thou shouldest not have stood on the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape, nor have delivered up those remaining of him in the day of distress.
BLB
And you should not stand at the crossroad to cut down his fugitives; and you should not deliver up his survivors in the day of distress.
ÅB
og stå ikke på veiskjellet for å utrydde dem av mitt folk som har sloppet unna, og overgi ikke dets flyktninger til fienden på trengselens dag!
OTB
Ikke stå ved veikrysset
For å kutte ned deres overlevende;
Og ikke overgi deres flyktninger
På dagen for deres nød.
B1930
og stå ikke på veiskjellet for å utrydde dem av mitt folk som har sloppet unda, og overgi ikke dets flyktninger til fienden på trengselens dag!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Amos 1:9

    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to Edom and broke a covenant of brotherhood.

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  • Obadiah 1:12

    But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress.

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  • Jeremiah 30:7

    How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.

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  • Psalms 31:8

    You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.

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  • Isaiah 37:3

    to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

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  • Amos 1:6

    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.

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  • Genesis 35:3

    Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”

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