Marginal Notes in the KJV (1611)
Obadiah 1:20
which is in Sepharad:
Or, shall possess that which is in Sepharad
which is in Sepharad:
Or, shall possess that which is in Sepharad
Verse Obadiah 1:20. _ZAREPHATH_] Sarepta, a city of the Sidonians, 1 Kings 17:9. That is, they should possess the whole city of _Phoenicia_, called here that of the _Canaanites_. _WHICH_ IS _IN SEPH...
AND THE CAPTIVITY OF THIS HOST OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL - , (it must, I believe, be rendered,) “which are among the Canaanites, as far as Zarephath, and the captivity of Jerusalem which is in Sephara...
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;...
CAPTIVITY. the captives: "captivity" being put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the captives. THIS HOST: i.e. the whole of the twelve tribes. SHALL POSSESS. Supply the _Ellips...
Restored to their own land, the Jews shall extend their territory in all directions, and shall realise the promise made to their father Jacob, "Thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, a...
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...
Two ways of rendering this verse are given in our English Bibles, one in the text, the other in the margin. The latter of these fully expressed would be: "_And the captivity of this host of the childr...
_THE KINGDOM OF THE LORD -- OBADIAH 1:19-21:_ The destruction that was to come upon the nations was described in the words, "And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plai...
_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...
AND THE CAPTIVITY OF THIS HOST— _And those very children of Israel, who had been captives to the Canaanites, even to Zarephath, and the captives of Jerusalem, who shall have been in Sepharad,_ [that i...
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...
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 t...
1:20 captives (g-3) captives (g-23) Lit. 'captivity.'...
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:...
וְ גָלֻ֣ת הַֽ חֵל ־הַ֠ זֶּה לִ...
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...
And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel [shall possess] that of the (p) Canaanites, [even] unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which [is] in Sepharad, shall possess the ci...
_Sarepta. This was accomplished after the persecution of Epiphanes. --- Bosphorus. So St. Jerome's master interpreted Bispharad. But it seems rather to mean a part of Mesopotamia. Sippara stands above...
"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...
He afterwards adds, _And the migrations of this host of the children of Israel_, _etc_. There is here an obscurity in the words. The Hebrews by Canaan mean the Illyrians as well as Germans, and also t...
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...
AND THE CAPTIVITY OF THIS HOST OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL [SHALL POSSESS] THAT OF THE CANAANITES, [EVEN] UNTO ZAREPHATH,.... That is, the host or army, the great number of the children of Israel, that...
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...
_And the captivity of this host_, &c. Those of the ten tribes that were carried away captive by Shalmaneser; _shall possess that of the Canaanites_ That is, all the countries they anciently possessed,...
And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel, the very ones who had suffered on account of the hostility of the enemies, SHALL POSSESS THAT OF THE CANAANITES, EVEN UNTO ZAREPHATH, or Sarep...
The Deliverance of God's People...
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....
THE CAPTIVITY OF THIS HOST OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, those of the ten tribes that were carried away captive by Shalmaneser, one hundred and thirty years before Jerusalem was taken by Nebuchadnezzar,...
Obadiah 1:20 captives H1546 host H2426 children H1121 Israel H3478 Canaanites H3669 Zarephath H6886 captives H1546 Jerusalem...
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 1:19 All of Israel, including the EXILES far away, will return. Much of the Promised Land was lost over the years, but all of it will be regained....
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...
1 Kings 17:10; 1 Kings 17:9; Amos 9:14; Amos 9:15; Ezekiel 34:12;...
The captivity — Those of the ten tribes that were carried away captive by Salmanesar. Of the Canaanites — All the country they anciently possessed with this addition, that what the Canaanites held by...
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...