Catholic Public Domain Version
"Neither shall you stand at the exits to execute those who will flee. And you shall not enclose their remnant in the day of tribulation. "
— Obadiah 1:14, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.”
“And stand thou not in the crossway, to cut off those of his that escape; and deliver not up those of his that remain in the day of distress. ”
“Don't stand in the crossroads to cut off those of his who escape. Don't deliver up those of his who remain in the day of distress.”
“You should not have stood at the fork in the road to slaughter those trying to escape. You should not have captured their refugees when they suffered adversity.”
“Neither shalt thou stand in the crossways to kill them that flee: and thou shalt not shut up them that remain of him in the day of tribulation.”
“And do not take your place at the cross-roads, cutting off those of his people who get away; and do not give up to their haters those who are still there in the day of trouble.”
“Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.”
In the day when you stood against him, when strangers seized his army, and foreigners entered into his gates, and they cast lots over Jerusalem: you also were just like one of them.
But you shall not show disdain for the day of your brother in the day of his sojourn. And you shall not rejoice over the sons of Judah in the day of their perdition. And you shall not magnify your mouth in the day of anguish.
And neither shall you enter into the gate of my people in the day of their ruin. And neither shall you also show disdain for his troubles in the day of his desolation. And you shall not send out against his army in the day of his desolation.
Neither shall you stand at the exits to execute those who will flee. And you shall not enclose their remnant in the day of tribulation.
For the day of the Lord is near, over all nations. Just as you have done, so will it be done to you. He will turn back your retribution on your own head.
For in the manner that you drank on my holy mountain, so shall all nations drink continually. And they will drink, and they will absorb, and they will be as if they were not.
And on mount Zion there will be salvation, and it will be holy. And the house of Jacob will possess those who had possessed them.