Obadiah 1:21
Deliverers 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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Genesis 25:23Yahweh said to her, 1 “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will be separated from within you. 1 One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”
Judges 3:9When the people of Israel called out to Yahweh, Yahweh raised up someone who would come to help the people of Israel, and who would rescue them: Othniel son of Kenaz (Caleb's younger brother).
Psalms 2:6“I myself have anointed my king 1 on Zion, my holy mountain.” 1
Psalms 22:29All the prosperous people of the earth will feast and will worship; 1 all those who are descending into the dust will bow before him, 1 those who cannot preserve their own lives. 1
Psalms 149:5Let the godly rejoice in victory; 1 let them sing for joy on their beds. 1
Isaiah 9:6For to us a child has been born, to us a son has been given; 1 and the rule will be on his shoulder; 1 and his name will be called Wonderful Counselor, 1 Mighty God, Everlasting Father, 1 Prince of Peace. 1
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 →