Obadiah 1:13 (DRB)

Passage

Neither shalt thou enter into the gate of my people in the day of their ruin: neither shalt thou also look on in his evils in the day of his calamity: and thou shalt not be sent out against his army in the day of his desolation.

Nearby Context

Obadiah 1:11 In the day when thou stoodest against him, when strangers carried away his army captive, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem: thou also wast as one of them.

Obadiah 1:12 But thou shalt not look on in the day of thy brother, in the day of his leaving his country: and thou shalt not rejoice over the children of Juda, in the day of their destruction: and thou shalt not magnify thy mouth in the day of distress.

Obadiah 1:13 Neither shalt thou enter into the gate of my people in the day of their ruin: neither shalt thou also look on in his evils in the day of his calamity: and thou shalt not be sent out against his army in the day of his desolation.

Obadiah 1:14 Neither shalt thou stand in the crossways to kill them that flee: and thou shalt not shut up them that remain of him in the day of tribulation.

Obadiah 1:15 For the day of the Lord is at hand upon all nations: as thou hast done, so shall it be done to thee: he will turn thy reward upon thy own head.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "neither", "shalt", "thou", "enter", "gate", "people", and "ruin". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "neither" and "shalt", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "But thou shalt not look on in..." into verse 14's "Neither shalt thou stand in the crossways...", so "neither" and "shalt" belong inside that flow. In Obadiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "neither" and "shalt" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.