Questions tagged [obadiah]
one of the books of the "Minor prophets" (also known as the Book of the Twelve, or XII), and the shorted book in the Hebrew Bible.
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Who was the messenger in Obadiah 1:1?
I know there are several different views on who might be this messenger spoken in Obadiah 1:1
“The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom: We
have heard a report from the Lord, and ...
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Is Obadiah 1:18 Saying That Every Last Edomite Will be Killed?
And the house of Jacob 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
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Have the prophecies about Edom been fulfilled?
There are many prophecies in the OT regarding the Edomites (The decendants of Esau).
Isaiah 34:5-6
My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens;
see, it descends in judgment on Edom,
the people I have ...
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Is the answer to Obadiah 5 "yes" or "no"?
Rhetorical questions in Obadiah 5 (LEB):
“If thieves came to you, if plunderers of the night—How you have been destroyed!—would they not steal ⌊what they wanted⌋? If grape gatherers came to you, ...
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Jeremiah 49:14-16 and Obadiah vv. 1-4 -- who came first?
Among the oracles against Edom in the Hebrew Bible, there is one that is shared between Jeremiah and Obadiah: Jeremiah 49:14-16 and Obadiah vv. 1-4. Although the "table" is a bit wide for this format, ...
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Obadiah v. 7: ‘bread’ or ‘those who eat your bread’?
In Obadiah’s vision of the fall of Edom (v. 7), it is written:
All your allies have driven you to your border; those at peace with you have deceived you; they have prevailed against you; those who ...
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"for my thirst they gave me sour wine" and anything else?
He said, "I thirst". (John 19:28 ESV)
They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink. (Psalm 69:21 ESV)
So, now John compares "I thirst" with ...
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