Obadiah 7 to Jeremiah 49:19-21
Later Text: Obadiah 7
OT Source(s): Jeremiah 49:19-21
Source: John Gill, Exposition of the Entire Bible (1763)
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None — no demonstrable method: the lion, the dragged flock, and the quake resounding to the Red Sea (Jer 49:19-21) have no Obadiah parallel (the nearest correspondence is Obadiah 9 with Jeremiah 49:22), and Obadiah 7's betrayal-by-allies has none in Jeremiah; the oracle-level convergence is already documented by the correctly anchored pairs.
Significance: Jeremiah 49:19-21 describes God attacking Edom like a lion from Jordan's thickets, with Edom's fall producing a cry heard at the Red Sea — "At the sound of their fall the earth will quake" (49:21). Obadiah similarly depicts Edom's comprehensive devastation, with allies turning against them and wisdom failing. Both oracles portray Edom's downfall as total and irreversible, but Jeremiah adds cosmic and geographical scope: the sound reverberates to the Red Sea, and God Himself acts as the irresistible predator. The shared prophetic witness from two independent oracles reinforces the certainty of Edom's judgment within the prophetic canon.
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