<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Book of Obadiah is an oracle concerning the divine judgment of Edom and the restoration of Israel . The text consists of a single chapter, divided into 21 verses, making it the shortest book in the Hebrew Bible . </P> <P> In Judaism and Christianity, its authorship is attributed to a prophet who lived in the Assyrian Period and named himself in the first verse, Obadiah . His name means "servant of Yahweh". </P>

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