Obadiah 1:12

But do not gloat over your brother's day, in the day of his misfortune, and do not rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction; do not boast in 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 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.

13Do not enter my people's gate in the day of their calamity; do not gloat over their affliction in the day of their disaster, do not loot their wealth in the day of their ruin.

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Cross References

Job 31:29If I have rejoiced at the destruction of anyone who hated me 1 or congratulated myself when disaster overtook him, 1 then bring charges against me! 1

Psalms 31:18May lying lips be silenced 1 that speak against the righteous defiantly 1 with arrogance and contempt. 1

Psalms 54:7For he has rescued me from every trouble; 1 my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies.

Psalms 92:11My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies; 1 my ears have heard of the doom of my evil foes. 1

Proverbs 24:17Do not celebrate when your enemy falls 1 and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles, 1

Lamentations 4:21Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, 1 you who live in the land of Uz. 1 But to you also the cup will be passed; 1 you will be drunk and strip yourself 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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