20240826

like one of them

Obadiah 1-4 (JDV)

Obadiah 1:9 Teman, your warriors will be terrified so that everyone from the hill country of Esau will be destroyed by slaughter.
Obadiah 1:10 You will be covered with shame and destroyed forever because of violence done to your brother Jacob.
Obadiah 1:11 On the day you stood aloof, on the day illegals captured his wealth, while foreigners entered his city gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them.

like one of them

Edom stood aloof and cheered when Jerusalem was ransacked. Edom was just like the looters. It would be destroyed because it refused to help when God’s people were being violently attacked.

If someone I know is being abused or harmed, it is my duty to intervene. I cannot turn the other way and stay silent. If I do so, I share in the crime. I will also share in the punishment.