Obadiah 1:11

New English Translation

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

Cross References

2 Kings 25:11

Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, deported the rest of the people who were left in the city, those who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen.

Psalm 137:7

Remember, O Lord, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said, “Tear it down, tear it down, right to its very foundation!”

Psalm 50:18

When you see a thief, you join him; you associate with men who are unfaithful to their wives.

Psalm 83:5

Yes, they devise a unified strategy; they form an alliance against you.

Psalm 83:6

It includes the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,

Ezekiel 35:10

“‘You said, “These two nations, these two lands will be mine, and we will possess them,” – although the Lord was there –

Joel 3:3

and they cast lots for my people. They traded a boy for a prostitute; they sold a little girl for wine so they could drink.

Amos 1:6

This is what the Lord says: “Because Gaza has committed three crimes – make that four! – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They deported a whole community and sold them to Edom.

Amos 1:9

This is what the Lord says: “Because Tyre has committed three crimes – make that four! – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They sold a whole community to Edom; they failed to observe a treaty of brotherhood.

Nahum 3:10

Yet she went into captivity as an exile; even her infants were smashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her nobility; all her dignitaries were bound with chains.

Zephaniah 2:10

This is how they will be repaid for their arrogance, for they taunted and verbally harassed the people of the Lord who commands armies.