This Bible Quiz on Obadiah will challenge your understanding of one of the most piercing and prophetic books in the Old Testament. Though it’s the shortest book among the prophets, Obadiah packs an eternal punch and this quiz will help you uncover every layer.
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Bible Quiz on Obadiah: 15 Powerful Questions to Test Your Knowledge
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Answer 1: B — God warns that no matter how high Edom exalts itself, He will bring them down.
KJV Reference: “Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle… thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.” — Obadiah 1:4
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Answer 2: D — Edom is condemned for standing by passively during Judah’s destruction.
KJV Reference: “In the day that thou stoodest on the other side… even thou wast as one of them.” — Obadiah 1:11
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Answer 3: C — The prophecy says Esau shall be consumed completely by the house of Jacob.
KJV Reference: “And the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them…” — Obadiah 1:18
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Answer 4: B — The southern tribes (the Negev) will possess Edom’s territory.
KJV Reference: “And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau…” — Obadiah 1:19
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Answer 5: B — Mount Zion is prophesied to be a place of deliverance, holiness, and inheritance for the house of Jacob.
KJV Reference: “But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.” — Obadiah 1:17
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Answer 6: C — Edom’s pride in their fortified position led them to self-deception.
KJV Reference: “The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock…” — Obadiah 1:3
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Answer 7: D — The prophecy ends with saviours judging Esau, and the kingdom becoming the Lord’s.
KJV Reference: “And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau…” — Obadiah 1:21
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Answer 8: B — As they drank in triumph on God’s mountain, so shall they drink judgment and be as though they had not been.
KJV Reference: “As ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually… and they shall be as though they had not been.” — Obadiah 1:16
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Answer 9: D — Edom’s violence against Jacob will result in them being cut off forever.
KJV Reference: “For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.” — Obadiah 1:10
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Answer 10: C — Esau’s hidden things will be searched out and exposed.
KJV Reference: “How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!” — Obadiah 1:6
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Answer 11: C — The nations shall drink of God’s wrath and vanish as though they never existed.
KJV Reference: “They shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.” — Obadiah 1:16
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Answer 12: B — The captives of Israel will return and possess the land once held by others.
KJV Reference: “…and the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath…” — Obadiah 1:20
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Answer 13: A — Edom entered the gate and joined in the affliction of God’s people.
KJV Reference: “Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity…” — Obadiah 1:13
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Answer 14: A — Deliverance and holiness are promised to Mount Zion.
KJV Reference: “But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness…” — Obadiah 1:17
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Answer 15: B — This well-known verse about deliverance, holiness, and inheritance is found in verse 17.
KJV Reference: “But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.” — Obadiah 1:17
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