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Teaching Notes
Outline
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
Purpose of Obadiah
Announce the destruction of Edom & encourage the Judahites
Obadiah 8-10 - Edom’s Destruction
Will I not on that day, declares the LORD, destroy the wisemen out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
Rhetorical question
On that day
Declares the LORD
Declares
utterance, declaration of י׳ (prophet citing divine word given through him)
The LORD (Yahweh)
1. Yahweh — the name the God of Israel gives to the Israelites through Moses.
Destroy the wisemen out of Edom
Destroy
1. to destroy (damage) — to destroy completely; damage irreparably
Wisemen
1. wise man — a wise and trusted guide and advisor.
These men were of the royal court and gave military/political advice to Edomite kings.
They were associated with occultic practices.
Understanding out of Mount Esau
Understanding
1. understanding (capacity) — the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination.
Mount Esau
And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
Your might men shall be dismayed
Mighty men
2. mighty one (physical) — a person noted for physical strength; often related to fighting ability.
Trained military forces
Be dismayed
3. to be appalled (fear) — to be in a state of being struck with dread, fear, or consternation.
O Teman
Every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter
Will be cut off
7. to kill ⇔ cut off — to kill, conceived of as cutting someone’s life off.
Slaughter
1. slaughter (people) — the killing of many people.
Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off forever.
Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob
Violence
1. violence (act) — an act of aggression; especially involving physical contact.
Brother
Shame shall cover you
Shame
1. shame (state) — a state of dishonor.
Shall cover
8. to overwhelm — to overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli; almost always negative.
And you shall be cut off forever
You shall be cut off
9. to be separated ⇔ be cut off — to be separated from someone or something socially or relationally, conceived of as being cut off from someone.
Forever
1. forever (future) — an indeterminate and unending time going on into the future.
Obadiah 11-14 - Edom’s Crimes Against Judah
Obadiah 11 - Edom Guilty
On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
On the day you stood aloof
Stood aloof
Watching as spectators cheering on the Babylonians
On the day that strangers carried off his wealth
Strangers
1. stranger — a person who does not belong in the environment in which they are found; often of those from another region or country.
Carried off
1. to capture (by force) — to take possession of by force, as after an invasion.
Wealth
8. possession ⇔ wealth — the possessions of a person considered as their wealth as a whole.
And foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem
Foreigners
1. foreigner — a person who comes from a foreign country who does not owe allegiance to your country; frequently of someone who does not speak one’s native tongue.
Entered his gates
They were able to get past the defensive measures, take over the town, rape women, kill men, and destroy everything
Cast lots
1. to cast — to choose at random.
2. lot (object) — any kind of small object (such as a stick, pebble, or shard) used for making decisions by a random outcome or for determining the will of God.
You were like one of them
Obadiah 12-14 - Edom’s Violations of Jacob
But do not gloat over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; do not rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; do not boast in the day of their distress.
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12–14 there are eight prohibitions which summarize the nature of the Lord’s complaint against Edom.
Each prohibition alludes to something that Edom did to Judah that should not have been done by one “brother” to another.
It is because of these violations that the Lord has initiated judgment against Edom.
But do not gloat over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune
Gloat
25. to gloat — to gaze at or think about something with great self-satisfaction, gratification, or joy.
Misfortune
1. calamity (event) — an event resulting in great loss and misfortune.
Do not rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin
Literal - Day of their perishing
Rejoice
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