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Historically speaking, Obadiah, whose prophecy (only one was recorded in Tanakh) we will encounter in Trei Asar (aka Minor Prophets), was a somewhat elusive figure. Unlike the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and others of the Trei Asar, the book bearing his name carries no external chronological identification (such as, \u201cIn the reign of King X\u201d). Consequently, exegetes differed on when he lived.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rashi situated him during the reign of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel, relying on a Talmudic passage that drew on the fact that someone named Obadiah was Ahab\u2019s chamberlain. Ibn Erza took exception to that identification, pointing out that if they were one and the same, the Tanakh would have used the title prophet when mentioning him. Rather, he pointed out that he belonged in the company of Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Amos, all of whom prophesied about Edom. That is a useful literary designation\u2014as we shall yet see\u2014but hardly helpful chronologically.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeremiah wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI have received tidings from the LORD, and an envoy is sent out among the nations: Assemble, and move against her, and rise up for war! For I will make you least among nations, most despised among men. Your horrible nature, your arrogant heart has seduced you, you who dwell in clefts of the rock, who occupy the height of the hill! Should you nest as high as the eagle, from there I will pull you down \u2014declares the LORD\u201d (49:14-16).<\/span><\/p>\n

Compare Obadiah:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have received tidings from the LORD, and an envoy has been sent out among the nations: \u2018Up! Let us rise up against her for battle.\u2019 Thus said my Lord GOD concerning Edom: \u2018I will make you least among nations, you shall be most despised. Your arrogant heart has seduced you, you who dwell in clefts of the rock, In your lofty abode. You think in your heart, Who can pull me down to earth?\u2019\u201d (1-3).<\/span><\/p>\n

This comparison suggests a much greater affinity than merely literary; it argues for these two prophets having been contemporaries responding to the same provocation; namely, the Edomite participation in the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem and destruction of the Temple. As recorded in Psalms: \u201cRemember, O Lord, for the Edomites, the day of Jerusalem, when they said, \u2018Strip her, strip her, to her very foundations\u2019\u201d (137:7).<\/span><\/p>\n

Image: John Singer Sargent, Frieze of Prophets, West Wall (Boston Public Library). c. 1893, from left to right are Zephaniah, Joel, Obadiah, and Hosea.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":72689,"id":72689,"title":"jer49-Frieze-of-Prophets-2","filename":"jer49-Frieze-of-Prophets-2.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer49-Frieze-of-Prophets-2.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/jeremiah-and-obadiah-contemporaries\/jer49-frieze-of-prophets-2\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"jer49-frieze-of-prophets-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":72688,"date":"2020-03-31 16:48:24","modified":"2020-03-31 16:48:42","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":815,"height":800,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer49-Frieze-of-Prophets-2-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer49-Frieze-of-Prophets-2-300x294.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":294,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer49-Frieze-of-Prophets-2-768x754.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":754,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer49-Frieze-of-Prophets-2.jpg","large-width":815,"large-height":800,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer49-Frieze-of-Prophets-2.jpg","1536x1536-width":815,"1536x1536-height":800,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer49-Frieze-of-Prophets-2.jpg","2048x2048-width":815,"2048x2048-height":800,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer49-Frieze-of-Prophets-2.jpg","post_full_size-width":815,"post_full_size-height":800,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer49-Frieze-of-Prophets-2-428x420.jpg","home_baner-width":428,"home_baner-height":420}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"Jeremiah And Obadiah - 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