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Like One of Them: Temporal Syntax and Moral Complicity in Obadiah 1:11
Introduction: Edom’s Guilt Through Grammatical Silence
Obadiah 1:11 is part of the prophetic indictment against Edom, condemning their failure to aid Yisraʾel—specifically, their passive complicity during Jerusalem’s fall. This verse employs a series of temporal and participial clauses to build a crescendo of accusation, culminating in a devastating comparison:
בְּיֹום֙ עֲמָֽדְךָ֣ מִנֶּ֔גֶד בְּיֹ֛ום שְׁבֹ֥ות זָרִ֖ים חֵילֹ֑ו וְנָכְרִ֞ים בָּ֣אוּ שֶׁעֲרוֹ וְעַל־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙ יַדּ֣וּ גֹורָ֔ל גַּם־אַתָּ֖ה כְּאַחַ֥ד מֵהֶֽם׃
On the day you stood aloof, on the day strangers carried off his wealth, and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Yerushalayim—you, too, were like one of them.… Learn Hebrew
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