Ezekiel 35:15
You were happy when the land [MTY] of the Israeli people became desolate, so I will cause your land to become desolate. When that happens, people will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.’”
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Proverbs 17:5Those who make fun of poor people insult God, the one who made the poor people, and those who are happy when someone else has troubles will certainly be punished [LIT] by God.
Jeremiah 50:11“You people of Babylon who ◄plundered/stole everything valuable from► my chosen people, now you are very happy [DOU]. You run around joyfully like [SIM] a calf in a meadow, and are happy like [SIM] male horses are happy when they are neighing.
Ezekiel 25:6This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: “You clapped your hands joyfully and stomped your feet, and laughed because you despised the people in the land of Israel.
Ezekiel 35:9I will cause your land to be deserted forever. No one will live in your towns again. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.
Obadiah 1:12You should not have ◄gloated/been happy► about the disaster that the Israelis were experiencing. You should not have been happy when their towns were ruined. You should not have made fun of them when they were suffering.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 35:11-15
The Fall of Edom. ( b. c. 587.) 10 Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the Lord was there: 11 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God , I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee. 12 And thou shalt know that I am the Lord , and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against… Read the whole commentary →