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Obadiah 1:18

King James Version (KJV)

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Obadiah 1:18

Verse 18 of 21

Scripture focus

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].

Obadiah 1:18 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Obadiah 1:18

Theological / Devotional

House of Joseph. The kingdom of Israel, so called because Joseph was the father of Ephraim (see Gen. 41:50-52), the most important tribe of the northern kingdom. According to the divine plan the two kingdoms were to be brought together as one people (see Eze. 37:19; Hosea 1:11; Zech. 10:6; see on Obadiah 19).

Not be any remaining. Some see in these words a prediction of the victories of John Hyrcanus over the Idumaeans not long before 100 B.C. (Josephus Antiquities xiii. 9. 1). However, it should be remembered that the fulfillment of this prediction was dependent upon the fulfillment of the predictions of restoration for Judah. Inasmuch as the latter were conditional (see p. 34) and largely unfulfilled, it is impossible to fix upon any specific event as a complete fulfillment of the former.

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