I like a man with a sense of humour. This is from Pastor Chuck Swindoll's blog Insight for Living:
"Who wrote the book?
"In this, the shortest book of the Old Testament, it seems the
prophet Obadiah considered each word a high-priced commodity. Apparently, he
was unable to afford any words describing himself or his family in any way.
Therefore, while twelve other men named Obadiah appear in Scripture, Old
Testament scholars cannot identify with certainty any of them as the author of
this book. Though the ultimate identity of this prophet is shrouded in mystery,
Obadiah’s emphasis on Jerusalem throughout this prophecy of judgment on the
foreign nation of Edom, allows us at least to presume that Obadiah came from
somewhere near the holy city in the southern kingdom of Judah."
Joyce Voysey ☺
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