Obadiah 1:11 (WEB)

Passage

In the day that you stood on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away his substance, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots for Jerusalem, even you were like one of them.

Nearby Context

Obadiah 1:9 Your mighty men, Teman, will be dismayed, to the end that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.

Obadiah 1:10 For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be cut off forever.

Obadiah 1:11 In the day that you stood on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away his substance, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots for Jerusalem, even you were like one of them.

Obadiah 1:12 But don’t look down on your brother in the day of his disaster, and don’t rejoice over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction. Don’t speak proudly in the day of distress.

Obadiah 1:13 Don’t enter into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity. Don’t look down on their affliction in the day of their calamity, neither seize their wealth on the day of their calamity.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "For the violence done to your brother..." into verse 12's "But don t look down on your...", so "stood" and "other" 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 "stood" and "other" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.