Obadiah condemns Edom
Obadiah 1–21; Psalm 137:7; Lamentations 4:21–22
The shortest book of the Old Testament announced judgment on Edom for gloating and plundering when Jerusalem fell.
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 15 (World English Bible)
The Edomites, descendants of Esau, cheered Jerusalem's destruction, looted the city, and handed over refugees. Obadiah declared that what Edom had done would come back on its own head, and that the kingdom would belong to Yahweh.
Places
JerusalemEdomMount ZionTemanMount EsauUz
Dating notes
Ussher places Obadiah after the fall of Jerusalem, with Jeremiah 49 and Psalm 137. Some conservative scholars date it earlier, to an Edomite raid in the reign of Jehoram (2 Chronicles 21:16–17).