¹¹ You stood ·aside without helping [aloof]
    ·while [^Lon the day] strangers carried Israel’s ·treasures [wealth; or army] away.
When foreigners entered Israel’s city gate
    and threw lots to decide ·what part of Jerusalem they would take [^Lfor Jerusalem],
you were like one of them.

¹² “Edom, ·do not laugh at [or you should not have gloated over] your ·brother Israel [^Lbrother] in his time of ·trouble [misfortune]
or ·be happy [rejoice] about the ·people [sons; descendants] of Judah ·when they are destroyed [^Lon the day of destruction].
    Do not ·brag [boast; act with arrogance] ·when cruel things are done to them [^Lon the day of distress].
¹³ Do not enter the city gate of my people [^Cto plunder their goods]
    in their ·time [^Lday] of ·trouble [disaster; ^Cthe Hebrew word for “trouble” sounds like Edom]
or ·laugh at their problems [gloat over them]
    in their ·time [^Lday] of ·trouble [disaster].
Do not ·take their treasures [loot their wealth]
    in their ·time [^Lday] of ·trouble [disaster].
¹⁴ Do not stand at the crossroads
    to ·destroy [^Lcut off] ·those who are trying to escape [their fugitives].
Do not capture ·those who escape alive [their survivors] and turn them over to their enemy
    in their ·time [^Lday] of ·trouble [adversity].