Obadiah 5-14

New International Version

⁵ “If thieves came to you,
    if robbers in the night—
oh, what a disaster awaits you!—
    would they not steal only as much as they wanted?
If grape pickers came to you,
    would they not leave a few grapes?^(A)
6 But how Esau will be ransacked,
    his hidden treasures pillaged!
⁷ All your allies^(B) will force you to the border;
    your friends will deceive and overpower you;
those who eat your bread^(C) will set a trap for you,^[a]
    but you will not detect it.

⁸ “In that day,” declares the Lord,
    “will I not destroy^(D) the wise men of Edom,
    those of understanding in the mountains of Esau?
⁹ Your warriors, Teman,^(E) will be terrified,
    and everyone in Esau’s mountains
    will be cut down in the slaughter.
¹⁰ Because of the violence^(F) against your brother Jacob,^(G)
    you will be covered with shame;
    you will be destroyed forever.^(H)
11 On the day you stood aloof
    while strangers carried off his wealth
and foreigners entered his gates
    and cast lots^(I) for Jerusalem,
    you were like one of them.^(J)
12 You should not gloat^(K) over your brother
    in the day of his misfortune,^(L)
nor rejoice^(M) over the people of Judah
    in the day of their destruction,^(N)
nor boast^(O) so much
    in the day of their trouble.^(P)
13 You should not march through the gates of my people
    in the day of their disaster,
nor gloat over them in their calamity^(Q)
    in the day of their disaster,
nor seize their wealth
    in the day of their disaster.
¹⁴ You should not wait at the crossroads
    to cut down their fugitives,^(R)
nor hand over their survivors
    in the day of their trouble.