Obadiah and Haggai - Paperbackby Graham S. Ogden (Author) This new commentary questions whether Obadiah's 'vision' is a prophetic book in the traditional sense, or a communal appeal to God to deal with Edom, similar to the cry in Psalm 137. 7 9. Ogden suggests an editorial structure for the document built around the numerically central v. 11 that provides a focus for the appeal, one which seeks an immediate response from God. The conclusion is that this is fundamentally an appeal