Obadiah 1:11
In the day when thou stoodest against him, when strangers carried away his army captive, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem: thou also wast as one of them.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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2 Kings 25:11And Nabuzardan the commander of the army, carried away the rest of the people that remained in the city, and the fugitives that had gone over to the king of Babylon, and the remnant of the common people.
Psalms 137:7Who made the great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Joel 3:3And they have cast lots upon my people: and the boy they have put in the stews, and the girl they have sold for wine, that they might drink.
Zephaniah 2:10This shall befall them for their pride: because they have blasphemed, and have been magnified against the people of the Lord of hosts.
Matthew Henry on Obadiah 1:11-17
The Guilt of Edom. ( b. c. 587.) 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. 12 But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah… Read the whole commentary →