Obadiah 1:13 “You should not enter the gate of My people in the day of their disaste…”

Obadiah 1:13

You should not enter the gate of My people in the day of their disaster, nor gloat over their affliction in the day of their disaster, nor loot their wealth in the day of their disaster.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;

World English Bible

Don’t enter into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity. Don’t look down on their affliction in the day of their calamity, neither seize their wealth on the day of their calamity.

American Standard Version

Enter not into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, look not thou on their affliction in the day of their calamity, neither lay ye hands on their substance in the day of their calamity.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou shouldest not haue entred into the gate of my people, in the day of their destruction, neither shouldest thou haue once looked on their affliction in the day of their destruction, nor haue layde hands on their substance in the day of their destruction.

Darby Translation

Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity, nor have looked, even thou, on their affliction in the day of their calamity, neither shouldest thou have laid [hands] on their substance in the day of their calamity;

Young's Literal Translation

Nor come into a gate of My people in a day of their calamity, Nor look, even thou, on its misfortune in a day of its calamity, Nor send forth against its force in a day of its calamity,

Bible in Basic English

Do not go into the doors of my people on the day of their downfall; do not be looking on their trouble with pleasure on the day of their downfall, or put your hands on their goods on the day of their downfall.

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Cross references

“looked”

Zechariah 1:15 2 Samuel 16:12 Psalm 22:17

Zechariah 1:15 · BSB

but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity. ’

2 Samuel 16:12 · BSB

Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”

Psalm 22:17 · BSB

I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.

Also

Ezekiel 35:5 Ezekiel 35:10

Ezekiel 35:5 · BSB

Because you harbored an ancient hatred and delivered the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their disaster at the final stage of their punishment,

Ezekiel 35:10 · BSB

Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress.

14Nor should you stand at the crossroads to cut off their fugitives, nor deliver up their survivors in the day of their distress.

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