Obadiah 1:20

The exiles of this host of the people of Israel will possess the land of Canaan as far as Zarephath. The exiles of Jerusalem, who are in Sepharad, will possess the cities of the Negev.

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In The King James Version

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 the south.

In Context

19Those from the Negev will possess the mount of Esau and those of the Shepelah will possess the land of the Philistines. They will possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria; and Benjamin will possess Gilead.

21Deliverers will go up to Mount Zion to rule over the hill country of Esau, and the kingdom will belong to Yahweh. + 1:21 Instead of deliverers , several modern versions follow some ancient interpreters in reading those who will be delivered .

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Cross References

1 Kings 17:9“Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and live there. Look, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”

Jeremiah 13:19The cities in the Negev will be shut up, with no one to open them. All Judah will be taken captive, completely taken captive. 1

Jeremiah 33:13In the cities in the hill country, the lowlands, and the Negev,in the land of Benjamin and all around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of the ones counting them,' says Yahweh.

Ezekiel 34:12like a shepherd seeking his flock on the day he is within the midst of his scattered flock. Thus I will seek my flock, and I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on the day of clouds and darkness.

Hosea 1:10Yet the number of the people of Israel 1 will be like the sand of the seashore, 1 which cannot be measured or counted. 1 It will be that where it was said to them, 1 'You are not my people,' 1 it will be said to them, 1 'You are people of the living God.' 1

Zechariah 10:6I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph; for I will restore them and have mercy on them. They will be as though I had not cast them off, for I am Yahweh their God, and I will respond to 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 →

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