Obadiah.

Obadiah
 
THE vision of Obadiah is especially concerning Edom. The Edomites were the descendants of Esau. Having been lifted up with pride, saying in their heart, Who shall bring us down to the ground? Jehovah must bring them down, because of their constant hatred of the house of Jacob. Esan’s things are searched out. His confederates have deceived him. God judges him. The mighty men of Teman shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be out off by slaughter. The prophet then rebukes them: “For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off forever.” Moreover, he censures them for their sympathy with Jacob’s enemies, and rejoicing at Judah’s affliction and calamity, and for delivering up those of his that did remain in the day of their distress. He declares that the day of the Lord is near, that upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, there shall be holiness, and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. Then the house of Jacob, instead of being despised and oppressed by Esau, 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. And Saviour’s shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and “the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.” See also Isaiah 34:6; 63:1-36The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the Lord hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea. (Isaiah 34:6)
1Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. 2Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? 3I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. (Isaiah 63:1‑3); Jer. 49:10-1310But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbors, and he is not. 11Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me. 12For thus saith the Lord; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it. 13For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. (Jeremiah 49:10‑13); Ezek. 35:11-1511Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee. 12And thou shalt know that I am the Lord, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume. 13Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them. 14Thus saith the Lord God; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate. 15As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the Lord. (Ezekiel 35:11‑15).