Christian Confelicity

Summary

The people of Edom chose to stand against Judah and to rejoice in their defeat. They chose to increase the burdens on Judah when they could have helped. They chose to side with evil, even when they knew what was right. They chose to inflict “damage-joy” when they could have offered peace. Edom chose poorly, and God held them accountable. We know from later accounts that the allies with whom Edom sided later turned on Edom, destroying her completely just as Obadiah prophesied. The Edomites forgot that the world and all its people belong to God, that God will not let injustice win, and that God will always defend the powerless.