Yahweh continues giving Obadiah his message to Edom.

## do not gloat over ##

"do not be happy because of" or "do not take pleasure in"

## your brother's ##

This was a way of referring to the people of Israel because Jacob and Esau were brothers.

## day ##

AT: "day of punishment" or "time of punishment." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

## misfortune ##

"disaster" or "trouble"

## in the day of their destruction ##

"in the day that their enemies destroy them"

## in the day of their distress ##

"because of the time that they are suffering"

## calamity..disaster...ruin ##

These are all different translations of the same word. Translators should use one word to translate all three of these.

## over their affliction ##

"because of the bad things that happen to them"

## do not loot their wealth ##

"do not take their wealth" "or "do not steal their wealth"

## crossroads ##

a place where two roads come together

## to cut off his fugitives ##

"to kill the people of Israel who are trying to escape" or "to catch those who were trying to escape" (UDB)

## do not hand over his survivors ##

"do not capture those who are still alive and give them to their enemies"