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Obadiah 1:17

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15 For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head.

16 For as you drank on My holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. They will drink and gulp it down; they will be as if they had never existed.

But on Mount Zion there will be deliverance, and it will be holy, and the house of Jacob will reclaim their possession.

18 Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of Esau will be stubble— Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it. Therefore no survivor will remain from the house of Esau.” For the LORD has spoken.

19 Those from the Negev will possess the mountains of Esau; those from the foothills will possess the land of the Philistines. They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria, and Benjamin will possess Gilead.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But on Mount Zion there will be deliverance, and it will be holy, and the house of Jacob will reclaim their possession.
KJV
But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
WEB
But in Mount Zion, there will be those who escape, and it will be holy. The house of Jacob will possess their possessions.
ASV
But in mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
DARBY
But upon mount Zion shall there be deliverance, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
BLB
And on Mount Zion there will be an escape, and there will be holiness, and the house of Jacob will repossess their possessions.
ÅB
Men på Sions berg skal det være en flokk av undslopne, og det skal være hellig; og Jakobs hus skal ta sine eiendommer i eie.
OTB
Men på Sions berg vil det være de som slipper unna,
Og det vil være hellig.
Og Jakobs hus vil ta i eie
Deres eiendeler.
B1930
Men på Sions berg skal det være en flokk av undslopne, og det skal være hellig; og Jakobs hus skal ta sine eiendommer i eie.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Amos 9:11–15

    “In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,

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  • Revelation 21:27

    But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

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  • Isaiah 14:1–2

    For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.

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  • Joel 3:19–21

    Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.

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  • Amos 9:8

    Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD.

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  • Joel 2:32

    And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD.

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  • Joel 3:17

    Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.

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  • Isaiah 60:21

    Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.

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