UNSEEN BATTLE SERIES · BIBLE CARD 31 OF 39
Obadiah
Ovadyah — “Servant of YHWH”
MINOR PROPHETS
- Author / Era
- Obadiah · approx. 586 BC, after Jerusalem’s fall
- Setting
- A single chapter against Edom — the descendants of Esau — for celebrating Jerusalem’s destruction.
- Key Figures
- Obadiah, Edom (collective), Israel
- Watch For
- The shortest book in the Old Testament. Twenty-one verses. One subject: family betrayal has consequences.
- Connects To
- Genesis 25 (Jacob and Esau) · Malachi 1:2–3 · Romans 9:13
Key Verse
“As thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.”— Obadiah 15
Points to Christ: The Just Judge
The One who finally settles every account between brothers.
For the Fire Pit
The shortest book in the Old Testament is about a family fight that started in the womb and ended a thousand years later. Some grudges outlive empires.
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