Old Testament · Minor Prophets · World English Bible
Obadiah
"But in Mount Zion, there will be those who escape, and it will be holy. The house of Jacob will possess their possessions."
— Obadiah 1:17 
The Reading LensEvery verse pulled to the top of a book is chosen by three questions: Where is God’s heart here? Who is He protecting? Who is being saved by the action? It marks the place where those answers come into clearest focus — a “look at this, in this book.”
About the Prophet
Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament — a single chapter aimed at Edom, the nation descended from Esau, brother of Jacob. The grievance is old and bitter: when Jerusalem was plundered, Edom stood by, gloated, and even joined in the looting of its own kin.
The message is the reversal of the proud. “The pride of your heart has deceived you,” God says to a people perched in their rock fortresses — and the Day of the LORD will bring the arrogant down. “As you have done, it will be done to you.”
But it does not end in ruin. The last word is restoration: Mount Zion will be holy again, and the house of Jacob will recover what was taken.