Text: Obadiah 7
OT Text Referred to: Jeremiah 49:14-16
Subject: pride and false security of Edom
Source: John Gill, Exposition of the Entire Bible (1763)
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Jeremiah 49:14-16 and Obadiah 1-4 share the closest verbal parallels in the entire prophetic corpus on Edom. Both open with the identical messenger formula — "I have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent among the nations" (שְׁמוּעָה שָׁמַעְתִּי מֵאֵת יְהוָה, shemu'ah shamati me'et YHWH) — and both proceed to declare that God will make Edom "small among the nations" (קָטֹן, qaton). Both then target Edom's pride: "the pride of your heart has deceived you" (הִשִּׁיאֲךָ זְדוֹן לִבֶּךָ, hishi'akha zedon libbeka), dwelling "in the clefts of the rocks" (חַגְוֵי הַסֶּלַע, chagvei hassela) and setting their nest high like an eagle. The near-verbatim correspondence across three consecutive themes — prophetic summons, divine humiliation, and exposed pride — demonstrates direct literary dependence between these oracles, with both prophets delivering the same divine verdict: geographical elevation cannot protect against divine judgment.