Obadiah 1:20
And this shall be the domain of the captivity of the children of Israel, the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem shall inherit as far as Sepharad; they shall inherit the cities of the south.
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1 Kings 17:9Arise, and go to Zarephath of the Sidonian land: behold, I have there commanded a widow woman to maintain thee.
Jeremiah 13:19The cities toward the south were shut, and there was none to open them: Judah is removed into captivity, they have suffered a complete removal.
Jeremiah 33:13And now amend your ways and your works, and hearken to the voice of the Lord; and the Lord shall cease from the evils which he has pronounced against you.
Ezekiel 34:12As the shepherd seeks his flock, in the day when there is darkness and cloud, in the midst of the sheep that are separated: so will I seek out my sheep, and will bring them back from every place where they were scattered in the day of cloud and darkness.
Zechariah 10:6And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and save the house of Joseph, and I will settle them; because I have loved them: and they shall be as if I had not cast them off: for I am the Lord their God, and I will hear them.
Matthew Henry on Obadiah 1:18-21
Promises to Israel and Judah. ( b. c. 587.) 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:… Read the whole commentary →