Obadiah 1:11

You stood aloof ¹  while strangers took his army ²  captive, and foreigners advanced to his gates. ³  When they cast lots ⁴  over Jerusalem, ⁵  you behaved as though you were in league ⁶  with them.

2Ki 24:10-16; 2Ki 25:11; Ps 50:18; Ps 137:7; Jer 52:28-30; Joe 3:3; Na 3:10

¹ tn Heb “in the day of your standing”; NAB “On the day when you stood by.”

² tn Or perhaps, “wealth” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). The Hebrew word is somewhat ambiguous here. This word also appears in v. 13, where it clearly refers to wealth.

³ tc The present translation follows the Qere which reads the plural (“gates”) rather than the singular.

⁴ sn Casting lots seems to be a way of deciding who would gain control over material possessions and enslaved peoples following a military victory.

⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

⁶ tn Heb “like one from them”; NASB “You too were as one of them.”