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14 You should not have stood where the roads cross
    and destroyed those who were trying to escape.
    You should not have captured those who escaped alive.
15 The Day of the Lord is coming soon
    to all the nations.
And the evil you did to others will happen to you.
    The same bad things will fall down on your own head.
16 You spilled[a] blood on my holy mountain,[b]
    so other nations will spill your blood.[c]
You will be finished.
    It will be as if you never existed.

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:16 spilled Literally, “drank.”
  2. Obadiah 1:16 holy mountain One of the mountains Jerusalem was built on. Sometimes Zion is used to mean Jerusalem itself. Also in verses 17, 21.
  3. Obadiah 1:16 spill your blood Literally, “drink and swallow.”

14 You should not wait at the crossroads
    to cut down their fugitives,(A)
nor hand over their survivors
    in the day of their trouble.

15 “The day of the Lord is near(B)
    for all nations.
As you have done, it will be done to you;
    your deeds(C) will return upon your own head.
16 Just as you drank(D) on my holy hill,(E)
    so all the nations will drink(F) continually;
they will drink and drink
    and be as if they had never been.(G)

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