Text: Obadiah 7
OT Text Referred to: Jeremiah 49:19
Subject: oracle against Edom
Source: John Gill, Exposition of the Entire Bible (1763)
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Jeremiah 49:19 depicts God as a lion ascending from the Jordan's thickets (כְּאַרְיֵה יַעֲלֶה, ke'aryeh ya'aleh) to attack Edom's "watered pasture," challenging all human resistance: "Who is like Me? Who can challenge Me? What shepherd (רֹעֶה, ro'eh) can stand against Me?" This divine warrior imagery parallels Obadiah's oracle, which similarly depicts Edom's total vulnerability despite its perceived security — allies will betray, wisdom will fail, and warriors will be terrified (Obad 7-9). Both oracles converge on the same theological point: Edom's legendary inaccessibility (its mountain strongholds and desert approaches) offers no protection against God Himself, who acts as an irresistible predator. Jeremiah's lion metaphor adds a dimension absent in Obadiah — God is not merely sending enemy nations but personally assaulting Edom with sovereign, unchallengeable power.