Text: Obadiah 7
OT Text Referred to: Jeremiah 49:14
Subject: oracle against Edom
Source: John Gill, Exposition of the Entire Bible (1763)
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Jeremiah 49:14 and Obadiah 1 share a near-identical opening: "I have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent among the nations: 'Assemble yourselves to march against her'" (שְׁמוּעָה שָׁמַעְתִּי מֵאֵת יְהוָה, shemu'ah shamati me'et YHWH). This verbatim parallel in the prophetic messenger formula is the strongest evidence of direct literary relationship between these two oracles. Both depict God summoning nations as instruments of judgment against Edom. Whether Jeremiah drew from Obadiah, Obadiah from Jeremiah, or both from a common prophetic tradition, the shared opening establishes that the anti-Edom oracle circulated as an authoritative prophetic word.