Text -- Obadiah 1:11 (NET)

1:11 You stood aloof while strangers took his army captive, and foreigners advanced to his gates. When they cast lots over Jerusalem, you behaved as though you were in league with them.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Oba 1:11

¹ tn Heb “in the day of your standing”; NAB “On the day when you stood by.”

² tn Or perhaps, “wealth” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). The Hebrew word is somewhat ambiguous here. This word also appears in v. 13, where it clearly refers to wealth.

³ tc The present translation follows the Qere which reads the plural (“gates”) rather than the singular.

⁴ sn Casting lots seems to be a way of deciding who would gain control over material possessions and enslaved peoples following a military victory.

⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

⁶ tn Heb “like one from them”; NASB “You too were as one of them.”