Holy Scripture

Obadiah 1:11

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 10, 11.) Because of the killing and (the Vulgate adds 'because of') the wickedness against your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall perish forever. On the day when you stood against him, when strangers captured his army and foreigners entered his gates, and they cast lots for Jerusalem: you were…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Obadiah

Source: Septuagint

Original

11From the day that thou stoodest in opposition to him, in the days when foreigners were taking captive his forces, and strangers entered into his gates, and cast lots on Jerusalem, thou also wast as one of them.

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In context

9And thy warriors from Teman shall be dismayed, to the end that man may be cut off from the mount of Esau.

10Because of the slaughter and the sin committed against thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off forever.

— Obadiah 1:11 —

12And thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day of strangers; nor shouldest thou have rejoiced against the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have boasted in the day of their affliction.

13Neither shouldest thou have gone into the gates of the people in the day of their troubles; nor yet shouldest thou have looked upon their gathering in the day of their destruction, nor shouldest thou have attacked their host in the day of their perishing.

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