오바댜 1:1의 인용 해설

The second question on what it says “The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz”, If this statement included all the prophecies in this book, as it appears from its plain meaning, how could he refer to all of them as ‘the vision’ in the singular form? It would have been more appropriate to say ‘the visions of Isaiah’ according to the phrase ‘your young men shall see visions’ (Yoel 3:1) or ‘the words of Isaiah,’ as in the case of Jeremiah, who did not use the term ‘vision’ for all of his prophecies, but only for one prophecy, like “The vision of Obadiah” (Obadiah 1:1) which is one prophecy.

They presented themselves as envoys. They made themselves look like messengers. The word יִצְטַיָרוּ messenger, is from, צִיר “וְצִיר בַּגוֹיִם שְׁלַח” (Ovadiah 1:1) [and a messenger was sent among the nations.] Every word whose root begins with a “צ” (צַדִי ), when used as a reflexive either in the form of מִתְפַּעֵל or נִתְפַּעֵל, is constructed with a “ט” (טֶית) in the middle and separates the root letters of the word,³Rashi thus explains why the letter “ט” was inserted in the word יִצְטַיָרוּ. like מַה נִצְטַדָק, (how can we justify ourselves).⁴See Bereishis 44:16. the root of נִצְטַדָק is צֶדֶק (justice) which he says as נִצְטַדָק. Similarly, וּמִטַל שְׁמַיָא גִשְׁמֵה יִצְטַבַע [His body was wet from the dew of Heaven)⁵Daniel 6:21. The root of יִצְטַבַע is צֶבַע.

If vintagers have come upon you, etc. I have exposed Esau, etc. I have heard tidings, etc. On this order, Obadiah prophesied concerning Edom, but since one watchword is passed to many prophets, but no two prophets prophesy under the same watchword, they differ in several words.