Obadiah 1:11 (GNV)

Passage

When thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers caried away his substance, and straungers entred into his gates, and cast lots vpon Ierusalem, euen thou wast as one of them.

Nearby Context

Obadiah 1:9 And thy strong men, O Teman, shall bee afraide, because euery one of the mount of Esau shalbe cut off by slaughter.

Obadiah 1:10 For thy crueltie against thy brother Iaakob, shame shall couer thee, and thou shalt be cut off for euer.

Obadiah 1:11 When thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers caried away his substance, and straungers entred into his gates, and cast lots vpon Ierusalem, euen thou wast as one of them.

Obadiah 1:12 But thou shouldest not haue beholden the day of thy brother, in the day that hee was made a stranger, neither shouldest thou haue reioyced ouer the children of Iudah, in the day of their destruction: thou shouldest not haue spoken proudly in the day of affliction.

Obadiah 1:13 Thou shouldest not haue entred into the gate of my people, in the day of their destruction, neither shouldest thou haue once looked on their affliction in the day of their destruction, nor haue layde hands on their substance in the day of their destruction.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "stoodest", "other", "side", "strangers", "caried", "away", and "substance". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "stoodest", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "For thy crueltie against thy brother Iaakob..." into verse 12's "But thou shouldest not haue beholden the...", so "thou" and "stoodest" 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 "thou" and "stoodest" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.