Book of Obadiah

Book of Obadiah, The book of Obadiah is a book of the Bible whose authorship is attributed to Obadiah, a prophet who lived in the Assyrian Period. Obadiah is one of the w:Twelve Minor Prophets in the final section of Nevi'im, the second main division of the Hebrew Bible. The text consists of a single chapter, divided into 21 verses, making it the shortest book in the Hebrew Bible. The book concerns the divine judgment of Edom and the restoration of Kingdom of Israel in Samaria.

If thieves were to come to you (or robbers during the night) surely they would steal only as much as they wanted?

For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you and you will be annihilated for ever.

Quotes

• If thieves were to come to you (or robbers during the night) surely they would steal only as much as they wanted? If grape-pickers were to come to you, surely they would leave a few gleanings? But how you have been pillaged!
  • NRSV, Verse 5
• Your allies all pursued you right to the frontier, your confederates kept you in suspense, then got the better of you, your own guests laid a trap for you, 'He has quite lost his wits.'
  • NRSV, Verse 7
• For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you and you will be annihilated for ever.
  • NRSV, Verse 10
• Just as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so will all the nations drink continually, they will drink, will drink greedily, but they will be as though they had never been!
  • NRSV, Verse 16
• People from the Negeb will occupy the Mount of Esau, people from the lowlands the country of the Philistines; they will occupy Ephraim and Samaria, and Benjamin will occupy Gilead.
  • NRSV, Verse 19

See also

• Nevi'im
• New Revised Standard Version of the Bible

External links

• Catholic Bible Online, Book of Judges
• The Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version, Edition 1989