Ovadiah's Prophecies
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Ovadiah
Matan Al Haperek
Rabbi David SabatoThe book of Ovadiah comprises only 21 pesukim, making it the shortest book in the Tanakh. Ovadiah's vision revolves around the disaster which will befall the Edomites as a punishment for the oppression of their brother Israel in his time of trouble. The book does not mention a time or place in which it occurs. The rabbis identify Ovadiah as "Ovadiah, who was over the household" who appears in Melachim I 18. However, Ibn Ezra already disagreed with that identification. Today the accepted opinion is that Ovadiah prophesied during the destruction of the first Temple, and the background to his prophecies is the cooperation of the Edomites with the Babylonians in the conquest of Judah. Ovadiah emphasizes that not only did Edom stand aside and not help his brother Yehuda, he also betrayed him, by helping his enemies and turning over the refugees from the war to the Babylonians. Sefer Ovadiah is divided into three sections: in the first part the malicious ways of Edom which brought to its downfall are described (1-9). The second part (10-14) speaks about Edom's oppression of Yaakov and estrangement in his time of need. The third section (15-21) envisions the coming of the Day of the Lord to the nations in general and to Edom in specific, when the wheels of fortune will turn and the exiles of Israel will inherit Esav.
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