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Old Testament · Book 31 of 66

Obadiah

Twenty-one verses against Edom — the shortest book in the Old Testament. Judgment on the brother-nation that gloated when Jerusalem fell.

  • 1Chapter
  • 21Verses
  • EdomSubject

“For the day of the Lord is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.”

Obadiah 1:15
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Structure

  1. 1Oracle against EdomEdom's pride (v. 3), violence against Judah (v. 10–14), and coming judgment (v. 15–18). The book closes with the LORD's kingdom in Zion.

Section pages

Each section is one focused part of Obadiah — purpose, key movements, key verses, Christ-in-this-section. Roughly five minutes each.

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    Oracle against Edom

Themes

Brother-nation judged: Edom is Esau's descendants (Gen 36); her gloating over Jacob's fall is the weight of the oracle.

The day of the LORD: ‘For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations’ (v. 15) — Obadiah's summary line, anticipating the Twelve's arc.

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Where Obadiah leads

308 cross-references flow out of its 1 heaviest chapters · 8 words are distinctively its own.

Counted live from the reference floor (heaviest chapter pairs · tagged word floor · featured-page citations).

Heaviest chapter

Obadiah 1Sends 308 cross-references outward — the most connected chapter in the book.

Distinctive word

H62157 of its 97 occurrences in all of Scripture fall in this book (7%).

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