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<center><big>'''Obadiah'''</big></center>
'''Obadiah''' was a [[minor prophet]] of [[Israel]], and well known for writing the [[Book of Obadiah]], named after him as its author. Aside from authoring the Book of Obadiah, nothing else can be known about him, aside from that he was literate. The authorship of the Book of Obadiah is difficult to pinpoint, although two possible dates are 853-841 BC or 605-586 BC.<ref>[http://biblehub.com/summary/obadiah/1.htm Obadiah Summary]</ref> If any of these dates were correct, that would also reveal when in the ancient paste Obadiah lived. The Book of Obadiah reveals that Obadiah prophesied to Israel about the judgement of the nation of [[Edom]], primarily because of it was guilty of sinning against Judah, and Obadiah further prophesied about the coming blessings of Israel.
<center><small>''The destruction of Edom, for pride and the wrongs done to Jacob in his distress.<br/>The victories and salvation of Jacob.<br/>587 B.C. (?)''<ref>after Bishop [[James Ussher]]</ref></small></center>
'''1''' The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord God concerning Edom<ref>[[Isaiah, Chapter 21|Isa 21:11]], [[Ezekiel, Chapter 25|Eze 25:12-14]], [[Joel, Chapter 3|Joe 3:19]], [[Malachi, Chapter 1|Mal 1:3]]</ref>; We have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
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'''2''' Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
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'''3''' The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock<ref>[[2nd Kings, Chapter 14|2 Kin 14:7]], [[2nd Chronicles, Chapter 2|2 Chr 25:12]]</ref>, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?<ref>[[Isaiah, Chapter 14|Isa 14:13]], [[Revelation, Chapter 18|Rev 18:7]]</ref>
'''4''' Though thou exalt ''thyself'' as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down<ref>[[Habakkuk, Chapter 2|Hab 2:9]], [[Amos, Chapter 9|Amo 9:2]], [[Jeremiah, Chapter 49|Jer 49:16]], [[Isaiah, Chapter 14|Isa 14:14-15]], [[Job, Chapter 20|Job 20:6]]</ref>, saith the Lord.
'''5''' If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?
'''6''' How are ''the things'' of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!
'''7''' All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee ''even'' to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, ''and'' prevailed against thee; ''they that eat'' thy bread have laid a wound under thee: ''there is'' none understanding in him.
'''8''' Shall I not in that day, saith the Lord, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
'''9''' And thy mighty ''men''<ref>[[Psalm 76|Psa 76:5]], [[Jeremiah, Chapter 49|Jer 49:22]], [[Amos, Chapter 2|Amo 2:16]], [[Nahum, Chapter 3|Nah 3:13]]</ref>, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
'''10''' For ''thy'' violence<ref>[[Amos, Chapter 1|Amo 1:11]], [[Ezekiel, Chapter 35|Eze 35:15]], [[Ezekiel, Chapter 35|Eze 35:5]], [[Psalm 137|Psa 137:7]], [[Genesis, Chapter 47|Gen 47:21]]</ref> against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever<ref>[[Malachi, Chapter 1|Mal 1:4]]</ref>.
'''11''' In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots<ref>[[Nahum, Chapter 3|Nah 3:10]]</ref> upon Jerusalem, even thou ''wast'' as one of them.
'''12''' But thou shouldest not have looked<ref>[[Micah, Chapter 4|Mic 4:11]]</ref> on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced<ref>[[Proverbs, Chapter 24|Pro 24:17]]</ref> over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.
'''13''' Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid ''hands'' on their substance in the day of their calamity;
'''14''' Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.
'''15''' For the day of the Lord is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head<ref>[[Judges, Chapter 1|Jdg 1:7]], [[Psalm 137|Psa 137:8]], [[Ezekiel, Chapter 35|Eze 35:15]], [[Joel, Chapter 3|Joe 3:7-8]]</ref>.
'''16''' For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.
'''17''' But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
'''18''' And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be ''any'' remaining of the house of Esau; for the Lord hath spoken it.
'''19''' And ''they of'' the south shall possess the mount of Esau<ref>[[Zephaniah, Chapter 2|Zep 2:7]]</ref>; and ''they of'' the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin ''shall possess'' Gilead.
'''20''' And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel ''shall possess'' that of the Canaanites, ''even'' unto Zarephath<ref>[[1st Kings, Chapter 17|1 Kin 17:9]]</ref>; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.
'''21''' And saviours<ref>[[Isaiah, Chapter 19|Isa 19:20]]</ref> shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom<ref>[[Daniel, Chapter 2|Dan 2:44]], [[Zechariah, Chapter 14|Zec 14:9]], [[Revelation, Chapter 11|Rev 11:15]]</ref> shall be the Lord's.
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