The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
Oba_1:-1 :e., worshipper of Yahweh: Abdeel and Arabic Abdallah similarly mean 'servant of God.'
We - I and my people.
Have heard a rumour from the Lord - literally, a report or hearsay, resting on the authority of Yahweh, and therefore certain (Isaiah 21:10, "That which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you").
And an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise against her in battle - yea, an ambassador is already sent-namely, an angel-to stir up the Assyrians (and afterward the Chaldeans) against Edom. The result of the ambassador's message on the pagan is, they simultaneously exclaim, "Arise ye, and let us (with united strength) rise," etc. Jeremiah 49:14 quotes this.