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[{"comments":false,"reminders":false,"selections":false,"verseEdits":false,"nothingToSelect":false,"contextId":{"occurrenceNote":"Throughout the book of Obadiah, the nation of Edom is addressed with a masculine singular form of “you.” (The one feminine plural form in [verse 13](rc://en/ult/book/oba/01/13) only addresses the women of Edom). Here, however, **you** is masculine plural. There are two possibilities for who is being addressed here. (1) It refers to the people of Israel. This would explain the shift from singular to plural. Just as Obadiah addressed the people of Israel in the plural in [verse 1](rc://en/ult/book/oba/01/01), so he addresses them in the plural now. This interpretation also fits with the metaphor used here and throughout the Bible that pictures suffering and divine punishment as drinking something that makes a person stagger, fall, and die. The people of Israel suffered and died in Jerusalem when the city was destroyed. This also allows the comparison in this verse to fit with the idea in the previous verse that Edom will suffer in the same way that they made Israel to suffer. See the UST. (2) It refers to the people of Edom. In this case, the comparison is between how the people of Edom literally drank wine in celebration of Jerusalem’s destruction with how the nations will metaphorically drink God’s punishment. Either that, or the verb must be forced into a future meaning, and the comparison is between how God will punish the people of Edom in Jerusalem and how God will punish all the nations. Alternate translation: “just as I will punish you” (See: [Pronouns – When to Use Them](rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-pronouns))","reference":{"bookId":"oba","chapter":1,"verse":16},"tool":"translationNotes","groupId":"writing-pronouns","quote":[{"word":"כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֤ר","occurrence":1},{"word":"שְׁתִיתֶם֙","occurrence":1}],"quoteString":"כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֤ר שְׁתִיתֶם֙","glQuote":"according to how you have drunk","occurrence":1}}]
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