Obadiah 1:12

Do not, then, look with satisfaction upon the day of thy brother, upon the day of his calamity, Neither rejoice over the sons of Judah—in the day of their ruin,—nor enlarge thy mouth—in the day of distress:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 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!

13Do not enter into the gate of my people—in the day of their misfortune, Do not, thou also, look with satisfaction on his misery—in the day of his misfortune; neither do thou thrust [thy hands] on his substance—in the day of his misfortune;

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Cross References

Job 31:29If rejoiced in the misfortune of him that hated me, or exulted when calamity found him;—

Psalms 31:18Let false lips be made dumb,—which are speaking—against a righteous one—arrogantly, with pride and contempt.

Psalms 54:7For, out of all distress, hath he rescued me,—And, upon my foes, hath, mine own eye, looked.

Psalms 92:11So hath mine eye descried them who were lying in wait for me,—Of my wicked assailants, mine ears, shall hear.

Proverbs 24:17When thine enemy falleth, do not thou rejoice, and, when he stumbleth, let not thy heart exult:

Lamentations 4:21Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, thou inhabitress in the and of Uz,—Even unto thee, shall the cup pass along, thou shalt be drunken, and expose thy shame.

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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