Obadiah 1:12

You should not have gloated over your relatives, in the day of their misfortune. You should not have exulted over the land of Judah in the day of their destruction. You should not have laughed loudly at 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

11In the day when you stood aloof, in the day when strangers carried away their wealth, and strangers entered into their gates, and over Jerusalem cast lots, you were as one of those strangers.

13You should not have entered in at the gate of my people in the day of their disaster. You should not have gloated over their calamity, in the day of their disaster, nor stretched out your hand after their wealth in the day of their disaster,

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Cross References

Psalms 31:18Strike the false lips dumb, that speak proudly against the righteous with haughtiness and contempt.

Psalms 54:7for from all distress you have saved me, and feasted my eyes on my foes.

Psalms 92:11My eyes will feast on my foes, and my ears will hear of the doom of the wicked.

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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