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Obadiah 1-4 - First Declaration
Obadiah 1 - Superscript
Obadiah 1 - Call to Battle
Obadiah 2-4 - Edom’s Pride
Obadiah 5-7 - Second Declaration
Obadiah 5-6 - Edom Plundered
Obadiah 7 - Edom Betrayed
Obadiah 8-14 - Third Declaration
Obadiah 8-10 - Edom’s Destruction
Obadiah 11-14 - Edom’s Crimes Against Judah
Obadiah 11 - Edom Guilty
Obadiah 12-14 - Day of Jacob
Obadiah 15-18 - The Day of the Lord
Obadiah 15-16 - The Day of the Lord
Obadiah 17-18 - The Future of the Houses of Jacob & Esau
Obadiah 19-21 - The Kingdom will be Yahweh’s
Obadiah 19-20 - Jacob’s Land Restored
Obadiah 21 - Yahweh’s Rule Restored
Purpose of Obadiah
Announce the destruction of Edom & encourage the Judahites
Obadiah 19-20 - Jacob’s Land Restored
**Reminder of the Conquest**
Why does this even matter for this passage?
The ultimate goal of the conquest had been to unite Israel with centralized worship in the temple (Dt 12:1–28) and centralized rule in a dynastic monarchy (Dt 17:14–20; 2 Sa 7).
Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau,
Those of the Negeb
sn The Negev is a dry, hot, arid region in the southern portion of Judah.
Shall possess
2. to possess — to have ownership or possession of something, including future endowments by claim of right.
87 sn The verb יָרַשׁ (yarash, “to take possession of [something]”) which is repeated three times in vv.
19–20 for emphasis, often implies a violent means of acquisition, such as through military conquest.
Obadiah here pictures a dramatic reversal: Judah’s enemies, who conquered them then looted all her valuable possessions, will soon be conquered by the Judeans who will in turn take possession of their valuables.
The punishment will fit the crime.
Mount Esau
And those of the Shephelah shall possess the land of the Philistines;
And those of the Shephelah
sn The Shephelah as a region refers to the Palestinian foothills that rise from the coastal plain.
In much of Old Testament times they served as a divide between the people of Judah and the Philistines.
Shall possess
2. to possess — to have ownership or possession of something, including future endowments by claim of right.
The land of the Philistines
They shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria,
They shall possess
2. to possess — to have ownership or possession of something, including future endowments by claim of right.
The land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria
And Benjamin shall possess Gilead
And Benjamin
Shall possess
2. to possess — to have ownership or possession of something, including future endowments by claim of right.
Gilead
92 sn Gilead is a mountainous region on the eastern side of the Jordan River in what is today the country of Jordan.
The exiles of this host of the people of Israel shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath,
The exiles of this host of the people of Israel
1. exile (person) — a person who is expelled from home or country by an authority and dwells in a foreign land.
5. descendant — a person descended from some ancestor or race; sometimes referred to collectively as descendants.
Shall possess
2. to possess — to have ownership or possession of something, including future endowments by claim of right.
The land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath
95 sn Zarephath was a Phoenician coastal city located some ten miles south of Sidon.
And the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
And the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
1. exile (person) — a person who is expelled from home or country by an authority and dwells in a foreign land.
97 sn The exact location of Sepharad is uncertain.
Suggestions include a location in Spain, or perhaps Sparta in Greece, or perhaps Sardis in Asia Minor.
Shall possess
2. to possess — to have ownership or possession of something, including future endowments by claim of right.
The cities of the Negeb
Obadiah 21 - Yahweh’s Rule Restored
**Reminder of the Judges**
Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau,
Saviors
Victorious military leaders
1. deliverer — a person who delivers others from pain, suffering, hardship, or death.
Shall go up to
Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau
2. to govern ⇔ judge — to govern, understood in terms of the ruler’s role of judging his people.
Mount Zion is the place where the saviors/deliverers will rule over Mount Esau
And the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.
Marduk’s Celebration
And the kingdom
3. kingship — the dignity or rank or position of a king.
Shall be
The Lord’s
1. Yahweh — the name the God of Israel gives to the Israelites through Moses.
Theology in Action
God-followers will reign with Him as He reigns as King over His Kingdom
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