Obadiah
Old Testament · Minor Prophets · 1 chapter
The shortest book of the Old Testament: judgment on Edom for its pride and violence against Judah, and the Lord’s final reign.
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Context
- Genre
- Prophecy
- Authorship
- The prophet ObadiahNothing else is known about him; the date is debated, usually after 587 BCE.
- Setting
- Edom and Judah
- Original language
- Hebrew
- In the original
- חָזוֹןchazon — vision
- Related texts
- Jeremiah 49 · words against EdomPsalms 137 · memory of Edom