Passage

Looting during disaster

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

¹³Don’t enter into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity. Don’t look down on their affliction in the day of their calamity, neither seize their wealth on the day of their calamity.

Obadiah 1:13World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

Obadiah condemns entering the gates and taking possessions while the people suffer disaster.

To understand

The surrounding lines name watching the attack on Jerusalem, rejoicing over Judah and intercepting survivors at crossroads. The accusation lists participation in the harm, act by act.

A question

Which acts make the observers participants in Jerusalem’s disaster?