obadiah 1:14 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.

obadiah 1:14 "And do not stand at the fork of the road To cut down their fugitives; And do not imprison their survivors In the day of their distress.

14. stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his--Judah's.
that did escape--The Jews naturally fled by the crossways. (MAURER translates, "narrow mountain passes") well known to them, to escape to the desert, and through Edom to Egypt; but the Edomites stood ready to intercept the fugitives and either kill or "deliver them up" to the foe.

obadiah 1:14 "And do not stand at the fork of the road To cut down their fugitives; And do not imprison their survivors In the day of their distress.

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