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Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Obadiah 1:1-21

THE PROPHECY1 Vision of Obadiah:Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning Edom;1We have heard tidings from Jehovah,We have heard tidings from Jehovah,And2 an ambassador is sent forth among the nations.3Arise ye,4 and let us arise against her to battle!2 Behold, I make thee small among the nations;Despised art thou exceedingly.3 The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee,Dweller in the refuges of the cliff,His lofty habitation;5Who saith in his heart:Who will bring me down to the earth?4 Though... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:15-21

The Day Of YHWH Will Result In The Carrying Out Of God’s Judgment And Will Bring About The Vindication Of God’s People (Obadiah 1:15-21 ). But what they had overlooked was that one day YHWH would call them to account, as he would all nations. Each nation would have its ‘day of YHWH’. For Edom it would come soon. As they had done, so it would be done to them. When they themselves were invaded they would find none to sympathise. And the same would happen in one way or another to ‘all the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:15-21

Obadiah 1:15 a, Obadiah 1:16-Ecclesiastes : . The Judgment of the Nations.— The “ Day of Yahweh” approaches; Judah has already drunk her cup of suffering ( cf. Jeremiah 25:15; Jeremiah 49:12), and now the other nations shall drink destruction. Mount Zion shall be a sanctuary, and the house of Jacob (here for “ Judah” ) shall recover what has been lost ( Obadiah 1:17). Judah shall be joined by the restored northern kingdom (the house of Joseph), and together they shall utterly destroy the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Obadiah 1:20

The captivity of this host of the children of Israel, those of the ten tribes that were carried away captive by Shalmaneser, one hundred and thirty years before Jerusalem was taken by Nebuchadnezzar, shall possess that of the Canaanites; all the country they anciently possessed, with this addition also, that what the Canaanites held by force, and the Israelites could not take from them, shall now be possessed by these returned captives. Zarephath, called Sarepta, Luke 4:26, near Sidon. The... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Obadiah 1:21

And, or For, so the Gallic version, printed at Rochelle, 1616. Saviours; deliverers; literally, the governors or leaders of those captive troops, who shall come up from Babylon to their own country, such as Zerubbabel, Ezra, Nehemiah, of whom it was said he came to seek the good of the Jews, Nehemiah 2:10, and successively after these many others, to the times of Hyrcanus and the Maccabees; mystically, Christ and his apostles, and other preachers of the gospel. Shall come; literally, with leave... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Obadiah 1:17-21

CRITICAL NOTES.] Obadiah 1:17.] Yet this Mount shall become a sanctuary for God and his people, who will possess, regain their possessions. Obadiah 1:18.] Israel, again united and unassailed, shall execute judgment upon others. A fire] Numbers 21:28; Isaiah 5:24. Obadiah 1:19.] Extend its territory to every region under heaven. Obadiah 1:20. Captivity] Exiles among the Canaanites shall possess the country of the Canaanites; and those whom the Edomites had enslaved shall possess the cities of... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Obadiah 1:21

kingdom See Kingdom, (See Scofield " :-") See Scofield " :-" read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Obadiah 1:1-21

Tonight shall we turn now to Obadiah.Who Obadiah was, or where he came from, when he prophesied, nobody knows for sure. There have been a lot of guesses as to who Obadiah actually was, but they are all just guesses.It is amazing how much men can say whenever the Bible is silent on a subject. And it seems to just be a take-off place for guys to develop theories and to write theme papers or doctrinal dissertations on some area where the Bible is silent. But at best, when God's Word is silent, all... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Obadiah 1:17-20

Obadiah 1:17-20But upon Mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness.Holiness on Mount ZionThe imagery of Scripture poetry often presents instructive truths, referring to more general subjects than those on which the sacred writer might, at the particular time, be called to dwell.I. Regard the text as respects Mount Zion. A grand Scripture type. Not only there God was worshipped, but there God Himself, as the object of worship, dwelt. Conceive of God, accepting Christ’s... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Obadiah 1:21

Obadiah 1:21And saviours shall come up on Mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.Christ as a ConquerorThis is a vision concerning Edom, or the Mount of Esau, or Idumea, which are different names of one and the same country, the mountainous region to the south of Judaea. It is a prophecy of ruin to the Edomites, for their treatment of their kindred nation the Jews at the time of their trouble. When the remnant of the Jews were carried into Babylon, the... read more

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