Obadiah 1:11
In the day when thou didst take thy stand over against him, in the day when foreigners took captive his forces,—and, aliens, entered his gates, and, over Jerusalem, cast lots, even thou, wast like one of them!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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2 Kings 25:11And, the residue of the people who were left in the city, and the disheartened who fell away unto the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan, chief of the royal executioners, carry away captive.
Psalms 137:7Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem,—how they continued to say—Overthrow! Overthrow! unto the foundation within it.
Joel 3:3And, for my people, they cast lots,—and gave a boy for a harlot, and a girl sold they for wine—and drank.
Zephaniah 2:10This, shall they have, instead of their pride,—because they reproached and magnified themselves against 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 →