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Minor Prophets, Part 3: Persian Period and Restoration

  1. Lesson One
    Obadiah
    17 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  2. Lesson Two
    Haggai
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    2 Assessments
  3. Lesson Three
    Zechariah
    20 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  4. Lesson Four
    Malachi
    18 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  5. Lesson Five
    OT Wrap-Up (Psalm 119)
    15 Activities
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    5 Assessments
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    Course Completion
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The two prophets are Jeremiah and Obadiah. Sections of Obadiah’s prophecy against Edom are almost identical to passages in Jeremiah. While there’s no way to know the relationship of the two passages and prophets, the parallels between them are worth noting as one more reminder that, for all their distinctiveness, the prophets share common sensibilities and inspiration. See the table below for the references.

Jeremiah 49:14-16 (NASB)Obadiah 1–4 (NASB)
I have heard a message from the LORD, And an envoy is sent among the nations, saying . . .We have heard a report from the LORD, And an envoy has been sent among the nations saying . . .
Gather yourselves together and come against her, and rise up for battle!Arise and let us go against her for battle.
For behold, I have made you small among the nations, despised among men.Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you are greatly despised.
“As for the terror of you, the arrogance of your heart has deceived you, O you who live in the clefts of the rock, who occupy the height of the hill.The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, in the loftiness of your dwelling place, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to earth?”
Though you make your nest as high as an eagle’s, I will bring you down from there,” declares the LORD.“Though you build high like the eagle, though you set your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 49:9-10 (NASB)Obadiah 5–6 (NASB)
If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?If thieves came to you, if robbers by night—O how you will be ruined! Would they not steal only until they had enough?
If thieves came by night, they would destroy only until they had enough.If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings?
But I have stripped Esau bare.O how Esau will be ransacked.

Reference: Samuel A. Meier, Themes and Transformations in OT Prophecy, 2009, p. 173.