OBADIAH
AT-A-GLANCE
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O.T. BOOK #31
AUTHOR: THE PROPHET OBADIAH WRITTEN: UNCERTAIN
(as there were 12 Obadiahs mentioned
in the Old Testament)
Prophecies Come True in this Time Period: Uncertain; any time
between 700 BC and 575 BC
Old Testament: 39 Books
31
New Testament: 27 Books
CLAIMS TO FAME: The shortest book in the Old Testament; exclusively a prophecy toward
another nation-Edom.
FAMOUS STORIES INCLUDED:
MOST FAMOUS VERSES:
• No stories are included in this short
book of prophecy.
The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who
live in the clefts of the rocks and make your home
on the heights, you who say to yourself, "Who can
bring me down to the ground?'' Obadiah 1:3
Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest
among the stars, from there I will bring you down,"
declares the LORD." Obadiah 1:4
Important points about the Book:
Most of Obadiah's prophecy is judgment on the foreign nation of Edom. Therefore, Obadiah is one of
only three prophets who pronounced judgment primarily on other nations. The others are the prophets
Nahum and Habakkuk.