(vv. 1c, 15a, 21b). The citation formula occurs in the OT with God as the sending authority more than 430 times: 293 involve the divine name without title, “Thus says YHWH”; 134 involve the compound form we have here; and a few more involve other epithets for God.11 Obadiah’s present preference for the compound form may reflect the influence of Ezekiel, since the overwhelming majority of cases involving this form occur in that book (122/134), and Ezekiel uses the shorter form only three times (11:5;