Day 181, 30 June 2025



1) Obadiah , Psalms 82, 83



Obadiah 1

Obadiah

The book of Obadiah was likely written in the sixth century BC.

Its author is the prophet Obadiah, and it is the shortest book

in the Old Testament. Nothing is known about the prophet Obadiah

except the meaning of his name, "servant or worshipper of God."

This book has one theme-the condemnation of Edom.

Obadiah prophesied that Edom would be repaid for mistreating

God's people as this people (who were descendants from Esau)

took part in the sacking of Jerusalem with the Babylonians.

Obadiah emphasised that God is sovereign over all nations a

nd that the house of Jacob would someday be restored

because of God's covenant love for His people.

Judgment on Edom



Jer 49:9-16

The vision of Obadiah.

1 Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom

(We have heard a report from the Lord

and a messenger has been sent among the nations, saying:

"Rise up! Let us rise up against it for battle!"):

2 See, I will make you small among the nations;

you will be greatly despised.

3 The pride of your heart has deceived you,

you who live in the clefts of the rock,

whose dwelling is high;

you say in your heart,

"Who will bring me down to the ground?"

4 Though you ascend high like the eagle,

and though you set your nest among the stars,

I will bring you down from there,

says the Lord.

5 If thieves came to you,

if robbers by night-

how you have been destroyed!-

would they not steal only what they want?

If grape gatherers come to you,

would they not leave gleanings?

6 How the things of Esau have been ransacked!

How his hidden treasures hunted out!

7 All your confederates have driven you to the border;

your allies have deceived and prevailed against you.

Those who eat your bread have set a trap for you.

You will not detect it.

8 On that day, says the Lord,

I will destroy the wise out of Edom,

and understanding out of Mount Esau.

9 Your mighty men shall be shattered, OTeman,

so that everyone from Mount Esau will be cut off.



[1] 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.

[2] Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly

despised.

[3] 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?

[4] 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.

[5] If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!)

would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came

to thee, would they not leave some grapes?

[6] How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things

sought up!

[7] All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the

men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against

thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none

understanding in him.

[8] Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out

of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

[9] And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every

one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.



Edom's Violence Against Jacob



10 For the slaughter and the violence done to your brother Jacob,

shame shall cover you,

and you shall be cut off forever.

11 On the day that you stood aside,

on the day that strangers carried off his wealth,

and foreigners entered his gates

and cast lots on Jerusalem,

you also were like one of them.

12 But you should not have gloated

on the day of your brother,

on the day of his misfortune;

you should not have rejoiced over the children of Judah

on the day of their destruction;

you should not have boasted

on the day of distress.

13 You should not have entered the gate of My people

on the day of their calamity.

You should not have gloated over the disaster of Judah [Heb. his.]

on the day of his calamity;

you should not have seized his wealth

on the day of his calamity.

14 You should not have stood at the crossroads

to cut off his fugitives;

you should not have handed over his survivors,

on the day of distress.



[10] For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and

thou shalt be cut off for ever.

[11] In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the

strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his

gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.

[12] But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day

that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the

children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou

have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

[13] Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day

of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction

in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the

day of their calamity;

[14] Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of

his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his

that did remain in the day of distress.



The Day of the Lord Is Near



15 For the day of the Lord is near

upon all the nations;

as you have done, it shall be done to you;

your deeds shall return on your own head.

16 For as you have drunk on My holy mountain,

all the nations shall drink continually;

they shall drink and swallow

and shall be as though they had never been.

17 But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance,

and it shall be holy;

and the house of Jacob shall possess

those who dispossessed them.Gk.; Heb. their possessions.

18 The house of Jacob shall be a fire,

the house of Joseph a flame,

but the house of Esau stubble;

they shall burn them and consume them,

and there shall be no survivors

from the house of Esau,

for the Lord has spoken.



[15] 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.

[16] For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen

drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and

they shall be as though they had not been.

[17] But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness;

and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

[18] 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.



The Restoration of Israel



19 Those of the Negev shall possess

Mount Esau,

and those of the Shephelah the land

of the Philistines.

They shall possess the fields of Ephraim and the fields of Samaria,

and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.

20 The exiles of this army of the sons of Israel,

shall inherit the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath,

and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad

shall inherit the cities of the Negev.

21 Saviours shall go up to Mount Zion

to rule Mount Esau,

and the kingdom shall be the Lord's.



[19] And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the

plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the

fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.

[20] And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess

that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem,

which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.

[21] And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau;

and the kingdom shall be the LORD's.



(The Palestininans are Edomites)



Psalms 82

A Psalm of Asaph.

1 God stands among the divine council;

He renders judgment among the gods.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2 ) "How long will you all judge unjustly

and accept partiality of the wicked? Selah

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Defend the poor and fatherless;

vindicate the afflicted and needy.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Grant escape to the abused and the destitute,

pluck them out of the hand of the false.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) "They have neither knowledge nor understanding;

they walk in darkness:

all the foundations of the earth are shaken."

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9 ) I have said, "You are gods,

sons of the Most High, all of you,

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) but you all shall die like men,

and fall like a man, O princes."

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) Arise, O God, judge the earth,

for You shall inherit all nations.