Obadiah 1:10-18 ▼

10 Because of violence to your brother Jacob, disgrace will cover you, you will be done away with forever!

11 On the day you stood by, the day strangers carried off his possessions, And foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you too were like one of them.

12 Do not gloat over the day of your brother, the day of his disaster; Do not exult over the people of Judah on the day of their ruin; Do not speak haughtily on the day of distress!

13 Do not enter the gate of my people on the day of their calamity; Do not gloat—especially you—over his misfortune on the day of his calamity; Do not lay hands upon his possessions on the day of his calamity!

14 Do not stand at the crossroads to cut down his survivors; Do not hand over his fugitives on the day of distress!

15 Near is the day of the LORD against all the nations! As you have done, so will it be done to you, your conduct will come back upon your own head;

16 As you drank upon my holy mountain, so will all the nations drink continually. Yes, they will drink and swallow, and will become as though they had not been.

17 But on Mount Zion there will be some who escape; the mountain will be holy, And the house of Jacob will take possession of those who dispossessed them.

18 The house of Jacob will be a fire, the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble. They will set it ablaze and devour it; none will survive of the house of Esau, for the LORD has spoken.