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Obadiah

prophet against Edom

Prophet whose book focuses on Edom's judgment.

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Prophet whose single short book delivers a vision against Edom for her violence against in of 's fall. He pictures Edom proud in the clefts of the rock, gloating and looting as enemies cast lots over , and announces that her own allies will turn against her. The oracle closes with deliverance for Mount Zion, the return of the house of Jacob to its possession, and the declaration that the kingdom shall be Yahweh's.

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