Obadiah-Jeremiah Parallels 1

One of the bizarre mysteries of the prophecies in Obadiah are their almost identical relationship to the words of the prophet Jeremiah. Approximately a third of the prophecy in Obadiah is almost indistinguishable from portions of the forty-ninth chapter of Jeremiah. The next few posts will feature these Obadiah-Jeremiah parallels.

Obadiah 1:1c
We have heard a message from YHWH,
and a messenger has been sent among the nations;
Arise and let us rise up against her for battle.
Jeremiah 49:14
I have heard a message from YHWH,
and a messenger has been sent to the nations;
Gather together and come against her
and rise up to battle.

Obadiah 1:2
Behold, I will make you small among the nations;
you shall be greatly despised.
Jeremiah 49:15
For indeed, I will make you small among the nations;
despised among men.

Obadiah 1:3
The pride of your heart has deceived you,
you who dwell in the clefts of the rock,
whose habitation is high;
you who say in your heart,
Who will bring me down to the ground?
Jeremiah 49:16a
Your fierceness has deceived you,
the pride of your heart,
O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock,
who hold the height of the hill;

Obadiah 1:4
Though you ascend as high as the eagle,
and though you set your nest among the stars,
from there I will bring you down, says YHWH.
Jeremiah 49:16b
though you make your nest as high as the eagle,
I will bring you down from there, says YHWH.