## translationWords

* [[en:tw:brother]]
* [[en:tw:cutoff]]
* [[en:tw:foreigner]]
* [[en:tw:forever]]
* [[en:tw:gate]]
* [[en:tw:jacob]]
* [[en:tw:jerusalem]]
* [[en:tw:lots]]
* [[en:tw:shame]]

## translationNotes

* Yahweh continues giving Obadiah his message to Edom.
* **your brother Jacob** - AT: "your relatives who are the descendants of Jacob." (See: [[en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_metonymy]])
* **you will be covered with shame** - "you will be completely ashamed"
* **will be cut off forever** - "will never exist again." (See: [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_activepassive]])
* **stood aloof** - "watched and did nothing to help"
* **strangers** - people from other nations
* **his wealth** - The word "his" refers to "Jacob," which is another way of referring to the people of Israel.
* **cast lots upon Jerusalem** - This phrase means "they cast lots to decide who would get the valuable things that they took from Jerusalem." (See: [[en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_idiom]])
* **you were like one of them** - "it was as though you were one of these strangers and foreigners"