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Obadiah 1:11
ESV On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
NIV On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
NASB On the day that you stood aloof, On the day that strangers carried off his wealth, And foreigners entered his gate And cast lots for Jerusalem— You too were as one of them.
CSB On the day you stood aloof, on the day strangers captured his wealth, while foreigners entered his city gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them.
NLT When they were invaded, you stood aloof, refusing to help them. Foreign invaders carried off their wealth and cast lots to divide up Jerusalem, but you acted like one of Israel’s enemies.
KJV 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.

What does Obadiah 1:11 mean?

In 587 BC, the Babylonian Empire, led by Nebuchadnezzar, invaded and sacked Jerusalem for a third time. Israelites who escaped tried to flee to the southeast. The Edomites, who did nothing to counter the invasion, helped Babylon to capture fugitive Jews. In reward, Edom was allowed to participate in looting Jerusalem. Instead of acting as a brother, Edom acted with violence and spite towards Israel. As verse 5 stated, even thieves only steal what they want, leaving the rest. It takes a vindictive spirit to strip the victim of everything.

Typical of Old Testament judgment, Edom would suffer the same disaster they had inflicted on Israel. Shortly after Obadiah's prophecy, Edom was reduced to a wasteland after an attack by their so-called allies. Just as Edom had watched while foreign nations robbed Israel, they would be ruined and driven from their homes by invaders. Verse 10 puts the blame for this, in some sense, on Edom's recent crimes against Israel. However, this judgment had been a long time coming. No other Old Testament nation is mentioned in the context of judgment more often than Edom.
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