in the day. See App-18. Note the Figure of speech Repetitio (App-6) in verses: Obadiah 1:12-14.
strangers. aliens.
gates. Hebrew text. gate; but Hebrew margin, with some codices and two early printed editions, read "gates"(plural)
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Obadiah 1:11
11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captivea his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.