Obadiah, containing only one chapter, is the shortest book in the Old Testament. In it is given a prophetic interpretation of a great calamity that has already occurred in Edom and a prediction of a universal judgment.

Obadiah 1

1:13 Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;