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Obadiah 1:12

But you should not have looked down on the day of your brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither should you have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither should you have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Thou shalt not look, or thou shouldst not It is a reprehension for what they had done, and at the same time a declaration that these things should not pass unpunished. (Challoner) God admonishes, and at the same time insinuates that the Idumeans would act quite the reverse. (Worthington) Magnify. Literally, thou shalt not speak arrogantly against the children of Juda, as insulting them in their distress, (Challoner) like people mocking. When they shall be themselves afflicted, they shall cease to upbraid the Jews. (Calmet)

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