Obadiah

c. 600–c. 560 BCE · Ancient Israel

The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

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In their words

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Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

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.

And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD's.

Obadiah 1:21 (KJV), closing verse, Obadiah

But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

Biography

About Obadiah

Author of the shortest book in the Old Testament, a single chapter of oracles against Edom for its betrayal of Judah during the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem.