Nor should you stand at the crossroads to cut off their fugitives, nor deliver up their survivors in the day of their distress.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV You should not have stood at the crossroads To cut off those among them who escaped; Nor should you have delivered up those among them who remained In the day of distress.
- NASB “Do not stand at the crossroads To eliminate their survivors; And do not hand over their refugees On the day of their distress.
- NLT You should not have stood at the crossroads, killing those who tried to escape. You should not have captured the survivors and handed them over in their terrible time of trouble.
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Quick answer
Edom is charged with ambushing fleeing survivors at the crossroads and handing over those who escaped.
Overview
The worst of Edom's offenses is cutting off refugees who fled the fall of Jerusalem and surrendering survivors to the enemy. This final accusation completes the catalog of betrayal against her own kin. Such treachery against the helpless stands in stark contrast to the Lord, who gathers and rescues the afflicted rather than handing them over.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Jer 30:7How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.
- Isa 37:3to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.
- Amos 1:6This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.
- Gen 35:3Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”
- Amos 1:9This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to Edom and broke a covenant of brotherhood.
- Obad 1:12But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress.
- Ps 31:8You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
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