or the Prophecy of Obadiah, a canonical book of the Old Testament, which is contained in one single chapter; and is partly an invective against the cruelty of the Ebonites, who mocked and derided the children of Israel, as they passed into captivity, and with other enemies, their confederates, invaded and oppressed those strangers, and divided the spoil amongst themselves; and partly a prediction of the deliverance of Israel, and of the victory and triumph of the whole church over her enemies.