Obadiah 1:11 (YLT)

Passage

In the day of thy standing over-against, In the day of strangers taking captive his force, And foreigners have entered his gates, And for Jerusalem have cast a lot, Even thou <FI>art<Fi> as one of them!

Nearby Context

Obadiah 1:9 And broken down have been thy mighty ones, O Teman, So that every one of the mount of Esau is cut off.

Obadiah 1:10 For slaughter, for violence <FI>to<Fi> thy brother Jacob, Cover thee doth shame, And thou hast been cut off--to the age.

Obadiah 1:11 In the day of thy standing over-against, In the day of strangers taking captive his force, And foreigners have entered his gates, And for Jerusalem have cast a lot, Even thou <FI>art<Fi> as one of them!

Obadiah 1:12 And--thou dost not look on the day of thy brother, On the day of his alienation, Nor dost thou rejoice over sons of Judah, In the day of their destruction, Nor make great thy mouth in a day of distress.

Obadiah 1:13 Nor come into a gate of My people in a day of their calamity, Nor look, even thou, on its misfortune in a day of its calamity, Nor send forth against its force in a day of its calamity,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "standing", "over-against", "strangers", "taking", "captive", "force", "foreigners", and "entered". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "standing" and "over-against", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "For slaughter for violence FI to Fi..." into verse 12's "And--thou dost not look on the day...", so "standing" and "over-against" 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 "standing" and "over-against" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.