Obadiah
A short oracle of judgment against Edom for its pride and violence against Judah.
- Written by
- Obadiah
- Date
- Uncertain; probably after 586 BC
Themes
- Pride brought low
- Judgment on Edom
- The kingdom belongs to the Lord
Outline
Key verses
The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
For the Day of the Lord is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head.
The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion to rule over the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will belong to the Lord.