# Obadiah 01 đ: Judgment on Edom
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> [[#đ Scripture Text (NET)]]
> [[#đ Verse-by-Verse Commentary]]
> [[#đ¤ Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]]
> [[#đ§ Chapter Summary]]
> [[#âď¸ Christ in This Chapter]]
> [[#đ Key Principles / đ Life Application]]
> [[#đŹ Discussion Questions]]
> [[#âď¸ Key Verses to Remember]]
> [[#đ Related Passages/Cross Reference]]
> [[#đ Devotional Reflection]]
> [[#đ Internal Notes]]
## đ Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
### Godâs Judgment on Edom
[[#Verse 01.]] The vision that Obadiah saw.
The Sovereign Lord says this concerning Edom:
### Edomâs Approaching Destruction
We have heard a report from the Lord.
An envoy was sent among the nations, saying,
âArise! Let us make war against Edom!â
[[#Verse 02.]] The Lord says, âLook! I will make you a weak nation; you will be greatly despised!
[[#Verse 03.]] Your presumptuous heart has deceived youâ
you who reside in the safety of the rocky cliffs,
whose home is high in the mountains.
You think to yourself,
âNo one can bring me down to the ground!â
[[#Verse 04.]]Â Even if you were to soar high like an eagle,
even if you were to make your nest among the stars,
I can bring you down even from there!â says the Lord.
[[#Verse 05.]] âIf thieves came to rob you during the night,
they would steal only as much as they wanted.
If grape pickers came to harvest your vineyards,
they would leave some behind for the poor.
But you will be totally destroyed!
[[#Verse 06.]] How the people of Esau will be thoroughly plundered!
Their hidden valuables will be ransacked!
[[#Verse 07.]] All your allies will force you from your homeland!
Your treaty partners will deceive you and overpower you.
Your trusted friends will set an ambush for you
that will take you by surprise!
[[#Verse 08.]] At that time,â the Lord says,
âI will destroy the wise sages of Edom,
the advisers from Esauâs mountain.
[[#Verse 09.]]Â Your warriors will be shattered, O Teman,
so that everyone will be destroyed from Esauâs mountain!
### Edomâs Treachery Against Judah
[[#Verse 10.]] âBecause you violently slaughtered your relatives, the people of Jacob,
shame will cover you, and you will be destroyed forever.
[[#Verse 11.]] You stood aloof while strangers took his army captive,
and foreigners advanced to his gates.
When they cast lots over Jerusalem,
you behaved as though you were in league with them.
[[#Verse 12.]] You should not have gloated when your relatives suffered calamity.
You should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah when they were destroyed.
You should not have boasted when they suffered adversity.
[[#Verse 13.]] You should not have entered the city of my people when they experienced distress. You should not have joined in gloating over their misfortune when they suffered distress. You should not have looted their wealth when they endured distress.
[[#Verse 14.]] You should not have stood at the fork in the road to slaughter those trying to escape. You should not have captured their refugees when they suffered adversity.
### The Coming Day of the Lord
[[#Verse 15.]] âFor the day of the Lord is approaching for all the nations!
Just as you have done, so it will be done to you.
You will get exactly what your deeds deserve.
[[#Verse 16.]] For just as you have drunk on my holy mountain,
so all the nations will drink continually.
They will drink, and they will gulp down;
they will be as though they had never been.
[[#Verse 17.]]Â But on Mount Zion there will be a remnant of those who escape,
and it will be a holy place once again.
The descendants of Jacob will conquer
those who had conquered them.
[[#Verse 18.]]Â The descendants of Jacob will be a fire,
and the descendants of Joseph a flame.
The descendants of Esau will be like stubble.
They will burn them up and devour them.
There will not be a single survivor of the descendants of Esau!â
Indeed, the Lord has spoken it.
[[#Verse 19.]] The people of the Negev will take possession of Esauâs mountain,
and the people of the foothills will take
possession of the land of the Philistines.
They will also take possession of the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria,
and the people of Benjamin will take possession of Gilead.
[[#Verse 20.]] The exiles of this fortress of the people of Israel
will take possession of what belongs to
the people of Canaan, as far as Zarephath,
and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
will take possession of the towns of the Negev.
[[#Verse 21.]] Those who have been delivered will go up on Mount Zion
in order to rule over Esauâs mountain.
Then the Lord will reign as King!
## đ Verse-by-Verse Commentary
###### Overall.
###### Verse 01.
###### Verse 02.
###### Verse 03.
###### Verse 04.
###### Verse 05.
###### Verse 06.
###### Verse 07.
###### Verse 08.
###### Verse 09.
###### Verse 10.
###### Verse 11.
###### Verse 12.
###### Verse 13.
###### Verse 14.
###### Verse 15.
###### Verse 16.
###### Verse 17.
###### Verse 18.
###### Verse 19.
###### Verse 20.
###### Verse 21.
## đ¤ Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights
1. Obadiah has 21 verses and is the shortest book in the Old Testament.
2. Obadiah's name means "servant of the Lord."
3. Edom descended from Esau, Jacob's twin brother (Genesis 36:1), so Edom's betrayal was against a brother nation (verse 10).
4. Edom's land was mountainous and rocky, southeast of the Dead Sea.
5. The rock city of Petra in that region later became the capital of the Nabateans.
6. Many scholars date Obadiah after Babylon destroyed Jerusalem in 586 BC, when Edom joined in (Psalm 137:7).
7. Obadiah 1-9 closely parallels Jeremiah 49:7-16.
8. Teman (verse 9) was a region of Edom known for its wise men (Jeremiah 49:7).
9. Over time the Edomites were pushed into southern Judah, later called Idumea. Herod the Great was an Idumean.
10. Edom disappears from history as a nation after the first century AD, while the kingdom of the Lord endures.
## đ§ Chapter Summary
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## âď¸ Christ in This Chapter
Christ is the Deliverer on Mount Zion, and the kingdom belongs to Him (verse 21). Herod the Great, an Idumean descended from Edom, tried to kill the infant Jesus, but Jesus reigns forever (Revelation 11:15).
## đ Key Principles / đ Life Application
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## đŹ Discussion Questions
1. Edom trusted in its high, rocky home and thought no one could bring it down (verses 3-4). How can pride give us a false sense of security?
2. Edom stood aloof and even gloated when Jerusalem fell (verses 11-12). Why does God take it so seriously when we rejoice over others' disasters?
3. "As you have done, it will be done to you" (verse 15). How does this principle show up in Scripture and in life?
## âď¸ Key Verses to Remember
- đ verse 3: Edom's proud heart deceived it into feeling secure in the clefts of the rock.
- đ verse 15: As you have done, it will be done to you.
- đ verse 21: Deliverers will go up on Mount Zion, and the kingdom will belong to the Lord.
## đ Related Passages/Cross Reference
- đ [[Revelation 11#Verse 15.|Revelation 11:15]] - The kingdom of the world becomes the kingdom of our Lord.
- đ [[Psalm 137#Verse 07.|Psalm 137:7]] - Edom cheered at Jerusalem's fall.
- đ [[Jeremiah 49#Verse 16.|Jeremiah 49:16]] - Edom's pride deceived it.
- đ [[Genesis 25#Verse 23.|Genesis 25:23]] - Two nations in Rebekah's womb.
- đ [[Proverbs 24#Verse 17.|Proverbs 24:17-18]] - Do not gloat when your enemy falls.
## đ Devotional Reflection
đ SOAP: [[Obadiah 01 - SOAP|From Rags to Refuge]]
## đ Internal Notes