Minor prophets
The book of Obadiah
A short prophecy against Edom for its pride and for gloating when Jerusalem fell.
Obadiah condemns Edom for standing aloof and sharing the plunder when strangers carried off Jerusalem’s wealth (Obadiah 11–14). This timeline dates it to Jerusalem’s fall.
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Key verses
As you have done, it will be done to you. For the day of Yahweh is near all the nations! As you have done, it will be done to you. Your deeds will return upon your own head.
Obadiah 1:15 (World English Bible)
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Dating notes
Some date Obadiah to an Edomite attack in the reign of Jehoram, about 845 BC. The span is an estimate; Scripture doesn’t say when the book was written.