This slim volume gives a line-by-line exposition of two short prophecies, one of the fall of Nineveh, the other of the fall of Edom. Notes are provided on the prophets, the message, the background to the prophecies and the style in which they are written: both were given as an encouragement and reassurance to the oppressed people of God and, properly understood, still fulfil this function today. The author admits that Nahum is far more easily understood than Obadiah and that he has avoided lengthy arguments about the problems of the latter, the text of which he has simply interpreted from a conservative evangelical standpoint. For those not overly familiar with these Old Testament books this is a thorough and yet unintimidating introduction to them – and also to the idea that the minor prophets still have something to say to twenty-first century Christians.