Obadiah 1:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Obadiah 1:17

But (And) upon (in) Mount Zion, shall be deliverance, or, an escaped remnant, and there (and it) shall be holiness - The sifting times of the Church are the triumph of the world; the judgment of the world is the restoration of the Church. In the triumph of the world, the lot was cast on Jerusalem, her sons were carried captive and slain, her holy places were desecrated. On the destruction of the nations, Mount Zion rises in calm majesty, as before; “a remnant” is replaced there, after its... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Obadiah 1:17-18

Obadiah 1:17-18 . But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance Literally taken, this refers to the Jews; mystically, to the gospel church. By deliverance here may be first meant an asylum, or place of refuge, to escape the evil; and it may be spoken with a reference to the invasion of Judea by Sennacherib, and his being prevented by God from taking Jerusalem, (though he took all the other fenced cities of Judah,) so that all persons of the neighbouring places found a deliverance, or an... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Obadiah 1:15-21

The day of the Lord (15-21)In the day of the Lord, God will intervene in human affairs and punish sinners according to their sins. The Edomites celebrated their plunder of Jerusalem by holding wild drinking parties among the ruins of the temple on Mt Zion. They, as well as Jerusalem’s other enemies, will now be drunk in a different way. They will drink the cup of God’s wrath until, unable to stand any longer, they will stagger and fall (15-16).Having punished Jerusalem’s enemies, God will... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Obadiah 1:17

upon mount Zion. Compare Isaiah 46:13 .Joel 2:32 . shall be. Compare Jeremiah 46:28 . Joel 3:16 . Amos 9:8 . deliverance = a delivered remnant. Compare Joel 2:32 . and there shall be, &c. Compare Isaiah 1:26 ; Isaiah 4:3 , Isaiah 4:4 .Joel 3:17 . shall possess, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 24:18 , Numbers 24:19 ), App-92 . Compare Isaiah 14:1 , Isaiah 14:2 .Joel 3:19-21 .Amos 9:11-15 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Obadiah 1:17

"But in Mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions."Thompson has a beautiful comment on this, showing that the Book of Revelation develops some of the thought here, as follows:"According to Obadiah, Mount Zion shall be `holy' (Obadiah 1:1:17) reserved for those who have escaped condemnation in the judgment; the new Jerusalem of Revelation is a morally holy city for those whose names are found in the Book of Life and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Obadiah 1:17

Obadiah 1:17. The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions— Shall possess what they had before possessed; that is to say, their return from the Babylonish captivity. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Obadiah 1:17

17. upon . . . Zion . . . deliverance—both in the literal sense and spiritual sense (Joel 2:32; Isaiah 46:13; Isaiah 59:20; Romans 11:26). MAURER as the Margin explains it, "there shall be a remnant that shall escape." Compare Isaiah 37:32; to the deliverance from Sennacherib there described GROTIUS thinks Obadiah here refers. "Jerusalem shall not be taken, and many of the neighboring peoples also shall find deliverance there." Unlike Judah's heathen foes of whom no remnant shall escape... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Obadiah 1:15-18

A. The Judgment of Edom and the Nations Obadiah 1:15-18References to the work and word of the Lord frame this section. Obadiah announced that a reversal of roles was coming for Edom and all the nations. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Obadiah 1:15-21

III. THE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL’S SOVEREIGNTY Obadiah 1:15-21As is true of many of the prophetical books, this one also ends with a promise of Israel’s restoration in the future. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Obadiah 1:17

The future of Israel (restoration) contrasts with the future of Edom (judgment). In that future time of judgment (the Tribulation), there would be those who escaped from Jerusalem, namely, many Jews (cf. Zechariah 13:8; Revelation 12:13-17). Some writers viewed this as taking place during the fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. [Note: E.g., Armerding, p. 354.] But Jerusalem did not become holy and the house of Jacob did not possess their possessions after that event, as this verse predicts. The city... read more

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