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Obadiah 1:17-21

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

17. But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. 18. And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be [any] remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken [it]. 19. And [they of] the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and [they of] the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin [shall possess] Gilead. 20. And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel [shall possess] that of the Canaanites, [even] unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which [is] in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. 21. And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’S.

Obadiah 1:17-21 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Obadiah 1:17

Theological / Devotional

Mount Zion. The site that had suffered indignity at the hands of Edom and the other nations (v. 16) would experience a glorious redemption.

Deliverance. Heb. pelepah, “an escape,” “salvation,” or “what [or who] escapes.”

There shall be holiness. Or, “it [mount Zion] shall be holy,” which is the reading of the LXX.

Possess their possessions. That is, after the return from exile. The promises of vs. 17-21 were never completely fulfilled because of the failure of the Jews in exile and after exile to effect the spiritual revival necessary to make possible the accomplishment of their divine destiny. See pp. 32-34.

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