Obadiah 1:1

Good News Translation

This is the prophecy of Obadiah—what the Sovereign Lord said about the nation of Edom. The Lord has sent his messenger to the nations, and we have heard his message: “Get ready! Let us go to war against Edom!”

Cross References

Genesis 25:30

and said to Jacob, “I'm starving; give me some of that red stuff.” (That is why he was named Edom.)

Genesis 36:8

So Esau lived in the hill country of Edom.

Genesis 36:9

These are the descendants of Esau, the ancestor of the Edomites.

Psalm 137:7

Remember, Lord, what the Edomites did the day Jerusalem was captured. Remember how they kept saying, “Tear it down to the ground!”

Isaiah 21:11

This is a message about Edom. Someone calls to me from Edom, “Sentry, how soon will the night be over? Tell me how soon it will end.”

Isaiah 21:12

I answer, “Morning is coming, but night will come again. If you want to ask again, come back and ask.”

Isaiah 30:4

Although their ambassadors have already arrived at the Egyptian cities of Zoan and Hanes,

Jeremiah 25:17

So I took the cup from the Lord's hand, gave it to all the nations to whom the Lord had sent me, and made them drink from it.

Jeremiah 51:46

Do not lose courage or be afraid because of the rumors you hear. Every year a different rumor spreads—rumors of violence in the land and of one king fighting another.

Ezekiel 35:1

The Lord spoke to me.

Joel 3:19

“Egypt will become a desert, and Edom a ruined waste, because they attacked the land of Judah and killed its innocent people.

Micah 2:13

God will open the way for them and lead them out of exile. They will break out of the city gates and go free. Their king, the Lord himself, will lead them out.

Matthew 24:6

You are going to hear the noise of battles close by and the news of battles far away; but do not be troubled. Such things must happen, but they do not mean that the end has come.

Mark 13:7

And don't be troubled when you hear the noise of battles close by and news of battles far away. Such things must happen, but they do not mean that the end has come.