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Obadiah = Servant of Jehovah. Compare 1Ki_18:3.
Thus saith, &c. The words of this prophecy, therefore, are not Obadiah's, but Jehovah's. Compare verses: Oba_1:1, Oba_1:8, Oba_1:18.
the Lord GOD. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. App-4.
concerning Edom. See notes on p. 1244.
We have heard. The rhetorical difficulty may be removed by regarding these words as the words of Edom's foes.
a rumour = tidings.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. Supply the logical Ellipsis (App-6): "from Jehovah [that Edom is to be attacked]".
and: or, and [already].
heathen = nations.
Arise ye. These are the words of the embassage.
in battle = the war.