Obadiah 1:12

But thou shouldest not have gloated over the day 1 of thy brother in the day of his misfortune; 1 neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the Bnei Yehudah 1 in the day of their destruction; 1 neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly 1 in the Yom Tzarah (Day of Trouble). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 that thou stood aloof on the other side, 1 in the day that the zarim (strangers) carried away captive his forces, 1 and foreigners entered into his gates, 1 and cast lots for Yerushalayim, 1 even thou wast as one of them. 1

13Thou shouldest not have entered into the sha'ar Ami (gate of My people) 1 in the day of their calamity; 1 yea, thou shouldest not have looked down on their affliction 1 in the day of their calamity, 1 nor have laid hands on their substance 1 in the day of their calamity; 1

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Cross References

Job 31:29If I rejoice at the misfortune of him that hated me, 1 or gloated when rah found him, 1

Psalms 31:18Let me not be put to shame, Hashem; 1 for I have called upon Thee; 1 let the resha'im be put to shame, 1 and let them keep silent in Sheol. 1

Psalms 54:7He shall recompense the rah (evil) unto mine enemies; 1 in Thy emes cut them off. 1

Psalms 92:11But my keren shalt Thou exalt like the keren of a re'eim (wild ox); 1 I shall be anointed with fresh shemen. 1

Proverbs 24:17Gloat not when thine oyev falleth, 1 and let not thine lev rejoice when he stumbleth, 1

Lamentations 4:21Rejoice and be glad, O Bat Edom, 1 that dwellest in Eretz Utz; 1 the kos (cup) also shall pass unto thee; 1 thou shalt be drunk, and shalt be stripped naked. 1

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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