Obadiah 1:14 (YLT)

Passage

Nor stand by the breach to cut off its escaped, Nor deliver up its remnant in a day of distress.

Nearby Context

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,

Obadiah 1:14 Nor stand by the breach to cut off its escaped, Nor deliver up its remnant in a day of distress.

Obadiah 1:15 For near <FI>is<Fi> the day of Jehovah, on all the nations, As thou hast done, it is done to thee, Thy deed doth turn back on thine own head.

Obadiah 1:16 For--as ye have drunk on My holy mount, Drink do all the nations continually, And they have drunk and have swallowed, And they have been as they have not been.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "stand", "breach", "escaped", "deliver", "remnant", and "distress". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "stand" and "breach", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Nor come into a gate of My..." into verse 15's "For near FI is Fi the day...", so "stand" and "breach" 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 "stand" and "breach" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.