Judaism DIR.
What is the Jewish (of any flavour) understanding of the seemingly repeated passages in Ovadiah and Jeremiah 49?
Ovadiah:
1The vision of Obadiah; So said the Lord God concerning Edom; We have heard tidings from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations, "Arise and let us rise up against them in war!"
2Behold I have made you small among the nations; you are very despised.
3The wickedness of your heart enticed you, who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says to himself, "Who will bring me down to the earth?"
4If you go up high like an eagle, and if you place your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down, says the Lord.
5Did thieves come upon you, did plunderers of the night? How were you silent? Will they not steal till they have enough? If vintagers came upon you, would they not leave over some gleaning grapes?
6How Esau was searched out, how his hidden things were revealed!
Jeremiah 49:9-10
9If vintagers have come upon you, will they not leave over gleaning grapes? If thieves at night, they destroy until they have enough.
10For I exposed Esau, I revealed his hidden places, and he could not hide; his seed, his brothers, and his neighbors were spoiled, and he is not here.
Jeremiah 49:14-16
14I have heard tidings from the Lord, and an emissary is sent among the nations: Assemble and come upon her, and arise for war!
15For, behold, I have made you small among the nations, despised among man.
16Your hastiness has enticed you, the wickedness of your heart, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill; if you raise your nest like an eagle, from there will I bring you down, says the Lord.
What is the Jewish (of any flavour) understanding of the seemingly repeated passages in Ovadiah and Jeremiah 49?
Ovadiah:
1The vision of Obadiah; So said the Lord God concerning Edom; We have heard tidings from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations, "Arise and let us rise up against them in war!"
2Behold I have made you small among the nations; you are very despised.
3The wickedness of your heart enticed you, who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says to himself, "Who will bring me down to the earth?"
4If you go up high like an eagle, and if you place your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down, says the Lord.
5Did thieves come upon you, did plunderers of the night? How were you silent? Will they not steal till they have enough? If vintagers came upon you, would they not leave over some gleaning grapes?
6How Esau was searched out, how his hidden things were revealed!
Jeremiah 49:9-10
9If vintagers have come upon you, will they not leave over gleaning grapes? If thieves at night, they destroy until they have enough.
10For I exposed Esau, I revealed his hidden places, and he could not hide; his seed, his brothers, and his neighbors were spoiled, and he is not here.
Jeremiah 49:14-16
14I have heard tidings from the Lord, and an emissary is sent among the nations: Assemble and come upon her, and arise for war!
15For, behold, I have made you small among the nations, despised among man.
16Your hastiness has enticed you, the wickedness of your heart, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill; if you raise your nest like an eagle, from there will I bring you down, says the Lord.