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Obadiah condemns Edom for killing Judeans fleeing Jerusalem. The Hebrew version describes the ambush at a fork in the road, while the Greek Septuagint puts Edom at the city gates, as the translators interpreted it as a breach in the wall.
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Obadiah 1:14
Hebrew Bible
13 You should not have entered the city of my people when they experienced distress. You should not have joined in gloating over their misfortune when they suffered distress. You should not have looted their wealth when they endured distress. 14 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. 15 “For the day of the Lord is approaching for all the nations! Just as you have done, so it will be done to you. You will get exactly what your deeds deserve.
LXX Obadiah 1:14
Septuagint
13 Neither should you have entered into the gates of the people on the day of their distresses, nor should you have needed, even you, the gathering of them on the day of their ruin, nor should you have joined in attacking their army on the day of their destruction. 14 Nor should you have stood on his city gates to destroy his rescuers, nor should you have enclosed the ones escaping him on the day of oppression.” 15 “Because the day of the Lord is near against all the nations. According to which manner you have done, thus it shall be for you; your recompense shall be repaid on your head.
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Notes and References
... the Septuagint διεκβολή may be translated “mountain pass” (Liddell-Scott-Jones 423), but at base gives the idea of a “passage through.” Thus Raabe avers the Septuagint (and Vulgate) translators may have understood a breach in the wall (Obadiah, 184). ...
Forbes, Daniel
The Intertextual Impact of Obadiah on the Writing Prophets
(p. 29) The Master's College, 2014
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