Obadiah 1:11
On the day you stood aloof, on the day strangers carried away his wealth, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
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2 Kings 25:11As for the rest of the people who were left in the city, those who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the remainder of the population—Nebuzaradan, the commander of the bodyguard, took them away into exile.
Psalms 137:7Call to mind, Yahweh, what the Edomites did 1 on the day Jerusalem fell. 1 They said, “Tear it down, tear it down 1 to its foundations.” 1
Joel 3:3They cast lots for my people, 1 traded a boy for a prostitute, 1 and sold a girl for wine 1 so they could drink. 1
Zephaniah 2:10This will happen to Moab and Ammon because of their pride, since they taunted and mocked the people of Yahweh 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 →