Handbook for Bible Students

Obadiah

Key-word, “Edom;” Key-verse, 21. Briefest of the prophecies, this covers the character, career, doom, and downfall of Edom, or Idumaa. Esau’s descendants were, to the last, the foes of Jacob’s-proud, bitter, resentful neighbors. Governed at first by dukes, and afterward by kings, they were in their golden age when the Israelites were at their exodus. When Babylon assaulted the Holy City, Edom rejoiced to join the assault. Psalm 137:7. [p. 75] HBS 40.5