Obadiah 1:17

But, in Mount Zion, shall be a delivered remnant which shall be holy,—and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

In Context

16For, as ye have drunk on my holy mountain, all the nations shall drink continually,—Yea they shall drink and swallow down, and shall be, as though they had not been.

18And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, with the house of Esau for stubble, So shall they kindle upon them, and devour them,—and there shall be no survivor to the house of Esau, for, Yahweh, hath spoken.

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Cross References

Isaiah 4:3And it shall come to pass—He that is left in Zion! And he that remaineth in Jerusalem, Shall be called, holy,—Everyone written unto life in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 46:13I have brought near my righteousness. It shall not be far away, And my deliverance, shall not linger,—But I will give In Zion, deliverance, To Israel, my glory.

Isaiah 65:9Therefore will I bring forth Out of Jacob, a seed, and Out of Judah, an inheritor of my mountains, That my chosen ones may inherit it, And, my servants, dwell there;

Jeremiah 44:14and there shall be neither escape nor survival, unto the remnant of Judah who have been entering, to sojourn there into the land of Egypt,—that they should return to the land of Judah even when they are lifting up their soul to return to dwell there, for none shall return, saving fugitives.

Jeremiah 46:28Thou, do not fear, O my Servant Jacob, Urgeth Yahweh, For, with thee, am I: Though I make an end of all the nations whither I have driven thee, Yet of thee, will I not make an end, But will correct thee in measure, And not hold thee, guiltless,

Ezekiel 36:12And I will bring upon you—men even my people Israel That they may possess thee, So shalt thou be theirs, as an inheritance, -And thou shalt no more again make them childless.

Matthew Henry on Obadiah 1:11-17

The Guilt of Edom. ( b. c. 587.) 10 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. 11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them. 12 But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah… Read the whole commentary →

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