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The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord God concerning Edom; 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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Who Was Obadiah in the Bible?
Obadiah is viewed throughout Christianity as an Old Testament minor prophet who wrote the Book of Obadiah. He was a Canaanite born in the city of Shechem. The name Obadiah means “servant of God.” The book concerns Obadiah’s vision in which he is shown the destruction of Edom which was the region south of the Kingdom of Judah. God states that Edom is being punished for its arrogance and refusal to cooperate with the House of Jacob.
The book is very short. It is one chapter that consists of twenty-one verses. This is one of the reasons he is attributed to be a minor prophet. It is the shortest book in the Hebrew Bible and third shortest in the Catholic Bible.
Scholars think that his ministry was about 590 BC.
Feast Days for Obadiah
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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.
Obadiah 1:18
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