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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...
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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...
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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;...
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UPON MOUNT ZION. Compare Isaiah 46:13.Joel 2:32.
SHALL BE. Compare Jeremiah 46:28; Joel 3:16;...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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1:17 deliverance, (d-8) Lit. 'escape,' or 'the escaped ones.'...
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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...
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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:...
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וּ בְ הַ֥ר צִיֹּ֛ון תִּהְיֶ֥ה
פְלֵיטָ֖ה וְ
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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...
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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...
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"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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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 w...
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The Deliverance of God's People...
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DELIVERANCE:
Or, they that escape
SHALL BE HOLINESS:
Or, it shall be holy...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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Amos 9:11; Amos 9:8; Ezekiel 7:16; Isaiah 1:27; Isaiah 14:1;...
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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...
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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...