OBADIAH OUTLINE

A. Ralph Johnson

Theme: Doom of Edom (descendents of Esau, brother of Jacob.)

They lived in Petra, a city carved in the rock south of the Dead Sea.

About 585 BC following the fall of Jerusalem?  (Ezek 25:12; 35:1-5)

Chapters & Key Words	OUTLINE 1ch(5) Map Treasury
1: Doom	1.   Jehovah will bring down the pride of Edom (1-4) 2.   Edom’s allies and wise men have deceived them (5-9) 3.   Judgment because of sharing in the violence to brother, Jacob (10-14) (cf. Joel 3:19; Amos 1:11-12) 4.   They will share in the day of Jehovah’s wrath on the nations (15-16) 5.   Coming Triumph of the Children of Israel escaped from Zion (17-21) [MESSIANIC]