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Obadiah 1 Commentary

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Obadiah 1:1 meaning

The prophet Obadiah receives God’s revelation in a vision. In this message, God announces the defeat of Edom and calls the nations to arise to fight against her.

Obadiah 1:2-4 meaning

Though Edom prides herself in her great wealth and impregnable rocky highlands, the LORD will bring her down and cut her off forever.

Obadiah 1:5-7 meaning

The LORD will use foreign nations to pillage Edom’s resources and remove her from her land.

Obadiah 1:8-9 meaning

The LORD declares that He will destroy the wise men of Edom. Every citizen of Edom will be slaughtered.

Obadiah 1:10-14 meaning

The LORD will judge Edom because she gloated over the destruction of Judah and actively engaged in her destruction.

Obadiah 1:15-16 meaning

Obadiah announces the day of the LORD, the time when God will intervene in human affairs to judge the nations. Edom’s judgment serves as an illustration of the judgments that will fall on all the nations that rebel against God.

Obadiah 1:17-21 meaning

While Edom will be crushed by God’s judgment on the day of the LORD, Israel and Judah will be restored.

The book of Obadiah records the prophet's vision concerning Edom, a country situated east of the Dead Sea and south of Moab (see map on side bar ). In this vision, the LORD shows the prophet how He will punish Edom for her mistreatment of Judah during her time of crisis. Rather than providing help to her sister Judah, Edom proudly laughed at her, pillaged her wealth, and actively engaged in her destruction. Consequently, the LORD announces His judgment on Edom, which becomes a pattern of His treatment for other Gentile nations. In the end times, the LORD will destroy Edom. But He will restore Israel and Judah, expand their territories, and rule over them as their sovereign King. The book's outline is as follows:

  1. The LORD summons the nations to fight against Edom to defeat her for her pride and arrogance (vv. 1–9).
  2. The LORD lists Edom's crimes against Judah (vv. 10–14).
  3. The LORD describes Edom's destruction and Judah's restoration in the end times (vv. 15–21).

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