1. Obadiah’s Message to Edomfrom God, the Master.We got the news straight from Godby a special messenger sent out to the godless nations:“On your feet, prepare for battle;get ready to make war on Edom!
15-18. “God’s Judgment Day is nearfor all the godless nations.As you have done, it will be done to you.What you did will boomerang backand hit your own head.Just as you partied on my holy mountain,all the godless nations will drink God’s wrath.They’ll drink and drink and drink—they’ll drink themselves to death.But not so on Mount Zion—there’s respite there!a safe and holy place!The family of Jacob will take back their possessionsfrom those who took them from them.That’s when the family of Jacob will catch fire,the family of Joseph become fierce flame,while the family of Esau will be straw.Esau will go up in flames,nothing left of Esau but a pile of ashes.”God said it, and it is so.