Obadiah 1:12

You should not have gloated over your brother's day of disaster. You should not have rejoiced over the day of destruction of the sons of Judah. You should not have boasted over the day of their distress.

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In The King James Version

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 in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

In Context

11On that day you stood aside, on that day strangers plundered their wealth and foreigners entered their gates, and divided up Jerusalem by casting lots—and you were like one of them.

13You should not have marched through the city gates of my people on their day of disaster. You should not have gloated over them on the day of their disaster. You should not have looted their wealth on the day of their disaster.

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Cross References

Job 31:29Have I ever been happy when disaster destroyed those who hated me, or celebrated when evil took them down?

Psalms 31:18Shut the mouths of those who tell lies against good people—those who speak contemptuously in their pride and arrogance!

Psalms 54:7For he has saved me from all my troubles; and I have seen those who hated me defeated.

Psalms 92:11My eyes look with pleasure to see my enemies defeated; my ears have heard the downfall of those who tried to attack me.

Proverbs 24:17Don't celebrate when your enemies fall; don't be glad when they trip up,

Lamentations 4:21Celebrate and be happy while you can, people of Edom, you who live in the land of Uz, because this cup will be passed to you too. You will get drunk and strip yourself naked.

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 →

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