But upon Mount Zion, in the midst of the Lord's Church, shall be deliverance, the congregation of such as are saved from the judgment of destruction; and there shall be holiness, that is, Mount Zion would be a sanctuary, no longer to be desecrated by the enemies; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions, people from all the nations of the world being added to the Lord's congregation.
Verse Obadiah 1:17. _BUT UPON MOUNT ZION SHALL BE DELIVERANCE_] Here is a promise of the return from the Babylonish captivity. They shall come to _Zion_, and there they shall _find safety_; and it is...
BUT (AND) UPON (IN) MOUNT ZION, SHALL BE DELIVERANCE, OR, AN ESCAPED REMNANT, AND THERE (AND IT) SHALL BE HOLINESS - The sifting times of the Church are the triumph of the world; the judgment of the w...
OBADIAH 1:15 A, OBADIAH 1:16. THE JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS. The Day of Yahweh approaches; Judah has already drunk her cup of suffering (_cf._ Jeremiah 25:15;...
UPON MOUNT ZION. Compare Isaiah 46:13.Joel 2:32. SHALL BE. Compare Jeremiah 46:28; Joel 3:16;...
The Restoration of Israel By an easy transition the prophet passes to the second and brighter part of his picture. The destruction of her enemies is accompanied by the restoration and salvation of Is...
_But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance_ Unlike Edom (Obadiah 1:9) and the other heathen nations (Obadiah 1:16) whose destruction will be complete, Israel even in her worst calamities shall have "a...
_THE DAY OF THE LORD IS NEAR-- OBADIAH 1:15-20:_ God reminded Edom of His law that you reap what you sow. "The day of the Lord" was near for all nations. It was time for Edom to pay in full for what s...
THE HOUSE OF JACOB SHALL POSSESS THEIR POSSESSIONS— _Shall possess what they had before possessed;_ that is to say, their return from the Babylonish captivity....
VICTORY FOR GOD'S COVENANT PEOPLE TEXT: Obadiah 1:17-21 17 But in mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. 18 And...
But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. BUT UPON MOUNT ZION SHALL BE DELIVERANCE - both in the literal sense a...
1:17 deliverance, (d-8) Lit. 'escape,' or 'the escaped ones.'...
THE *LORD IS KING OBADIAH _PHILIP SMITH_ ABOUT THE BOOK OF OBADIAH AUTHOR This is the shortest book in the *Old Testament. Obadiah means ‘the servant of *Yahweh’. Or it means ‘the person who giv...
17-21. — ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF JEHOVAH ON MOUNT ZION. (17) DELIVERANCE. — Better, as in margin, _the fugitives of Israel who have survived the recent calamity._ This is clear from Isaiah 10:...
וּ בְ הַ֥ר צִיֹּ֛ון תִּהְיֶ֥ה פְלֵיטָ֖ה וְ
EDOM AND ISRAEL Obadiah 1:1 IF the Book of Obadiah presents us with some of the most difficult questions of criticism, it raises besides one of the hardest ethical problems in all the vexed history...
Sion. This prosperity, in the historical sense, was promised to the Jews, after their return; and they enjoyed as much of it as their sins did not hinder; the rest was fulfilled in Christ. (St. Jerome...
"But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions." The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions - What are these? Ar...
_POSSESSING OUR POSSESSIONS_ ‘The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.’ Obadiah 1:17 As long as Edom invaded and annoyed the house of Jacob the people were unable to possess their posses...
Here the Prophet promises deliverance to the Jews; for other consolations would have been of no great moment, had they, who then were perishing, no hope of being some time restored to safety. The Jews...
Edom is frequently spoken of in the prophets. This people, who, as well as Jacob, were descended from Isaac, had an inveterate hatred to the posterity of the younger son who were favoured as the peopl...
BUT UPON MOUNT ZION SHALL BE DELIVERANCE,.... Not only by Cyrus, at the end of the seventy years' captivity; and by the Maccabees from the Idumeans, and other enemies; but by the Messiah; for not mere...
But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. Ver. 17. _But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance_] God will "turn agai...
_But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance_ Literally taken, this refers to the Jews; mystically, to the gospel church. By _deliverance_ here may be first meant an asylum, or place of refuge, to escape...
DELIVERANCE: Or, they that escape SHALL BE HOLINESS: Or, it shall be holy...
17-21 There should be deliverance and holiness at Jerusalem, and the house of Jacob would again occupy their possessions. Much of this prophecy was fulfilled when the Jews returned to their own land....
BUT. or AND, Heb. UPON MOUNT ZION; historically, and in the letter, this refers to the people of the Jews, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and those who worshipped God in the temple. In the mystical...
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THE DAY OF YHWH WILL RESULT IN THE CARRYING OUT OF GOD'S JUDGMENT AND WILL BRING ABOUT THE VINDICATION OF GOD'S PEOPLE (OBADIAH 1:15). But what they had overlooked was that one day YHWH would call the...
CONTENTS: Edom's humiliation because of sin against God's people. CHARACTERS: God, Obadiah. CONCLUSION: If men in their pride and carnal security dare to challenge omnipotence, their challenge will...
_But upon Mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness._ HOLINESS ON MOUNT ZION The imagery of Scripture poetry often presents instructive truths, referring to more general subjects...
OBADIAH—NOTE ON OBADIAH 1:17 MOUNT ZION is the place where Yahweh dwelt among and for his people. Those taking refuge in him will be delivered from the coming wrath (Isaiah 14:3
CRITICAL NOTES.] Obadiah 1:17.] Yet this MOUNT shall become a sanctuary for God and his people, who will POSSESS, regain their possessions. OBADIAH 1:18.] Israel, again united and unassailed, shall...
Tonight shall we turn now to Obadiah. Who Obadiah was, or where he came from, when he prophesied, nobody knows for sure. There have been a lot of guesses as to who Obadiah actually was, but they are a...
Amos 9:11; Amos 9:8; Ezekiel 7:16; Isaiah 1:27; Isaiah 14:1;...
Zion — Literally this refers to the Jews: typically to the gospel — church. Deliverance — A remnant that shall be delivered by Cyrus, a type of Israel's redemption by Christ. Holiness — The temple, th...
OBADIAH — If the Book of Obadiah is inspired Scripture, then why is it not quoted in the NT? (For a discussion of this question, see Ecclesiastes 1:1.) OBADIAH — Is the prophecy of Obadiah simply an...