Obadiah 13-15
EasyEnglish Bible
13 You should not have walked like soldiers through my people's gates.
You did that at the time when they were in trouble.
You should not have thought that you were better than they.
You thought it at the time when they were in trouble.
You should not have taken what belonged to them.
14 You waited at the place where the roads joined each other.
You wanted to kill those that ran away from the enemy.
That is why you waited there.
You should not have done that.
Some Israelites were still alive, but they were in trouble.
You should not have taken them to the enemy.
The day of the Lord
15 The day of the Lord will come soon for all the world's people.[a]
God will do to you what you did to other people.
God will be angry with you because you did those things to them.
Footnotes
- 1:15 The day of the Lord is the time when God judges his people's enemies. It is when he makes his people strong again.
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