Obadiah 7 to Jeremiah 49:12-13
Later Text: Obadiah 7
OT Source(s): Jeremiah 49:12-13
Source: John Gill, Exposition of the Entire Bible (1763)
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None — no demonstrable method: the cup (Jer 49:12) and the desolation oath over Bozrah (Jer 49:13) find their Obadiah analogues in verses 16 and 10 respectively, not in verse 7; the anchor verse's ally-betrayal motif is absent from Jeremiah's oracle.
Significance: Jeremiah 49:12-13 employs the cup-of-wrath motif and swears "by Myself" that Bozrah will become a desolation, while Obadiah pronounces judgment on Edom using similar themes of total devastation. Both texts emphasize the irreversibility and completeness of Edom's downfall — Jeremiah declares Bozrah (Edom's capital) will become "a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse" (שַׁמָּה, shammah, "desolation"), while Obadiah promises Edom will be "cut off forever" (Obad 10). The argument from lesser to greater in Jeremiah 49:12 — if Israel must drink judgment's cup, Edom surely cannot escape — parallels Obadiah's logic of reciprocal justice, creating a convergent prophetic witness against Edom from two independent oracles.
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