The 365 Day Devotional Commentary

Obadiah

INTRODUCTION

Obadiah is a prophecy of destruction, directed against Edom, a land across the Jordan River from Judah that was populated by descendants of Jacob’s brother, Esau (Gen. 25). Obadiah said the Edomites collaborated with foreign invaders of Judah and mistreated Jerusalem’s survivors; a charge which fits six different occasions in Judah’s history! It is most likely that Obadiah predicted Edom’s overthrow just after the Babylonian invasion of Judah in 586 B.C. Edom disappeared as an independent kingdom the latter half of the sixth century B.C., and its ruin is referred to in Malachi 1:3–4.

OUTLINE OF CONTENTS

I.	The Demise of Edom	Obad. 1–9
II.	The Charge against Edom	Obad. 10–14
III.	The Day of the Lord	Obad. 15–21