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Verse Obadiah 1:20. _ZAREPHATH_] Sarepta, a city of the Sidonians, 1
Kings 17:9. That is, they should possess the whole city of
_Phoenicia_, called here that of the _Canaanites_.
_WHICH_ IS _IN SEPH...
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AND THE CAPTIVITY OF THIS HOST OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL - , (it must,
I believe, be rendered,) “which are among the Canaanites, as far as
Zarephath, and the captivity of Jerusalem which is in Sephara...
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OBADIAH 1:15 A, OBADIAH 1:16. THE JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS. The Day of
Yahweh approaches; Judah has already drunk her cup of suffering (_cf._
Jeremiah 25:15;...
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CAPTIVITY. the captives: "captivity" being put by Figure of speech
_Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the captives.
THIS HOST: i.e. the whole of the twelve tribes.
SHALL POSSESS. Supply the _Ellips...
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Two ways of rendering this verse are given in our English Bibles, one
in the text, the other in the margin. The latter of these fully
expressed would be: "_And the captivity of this host of the childr...
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Restored to their own land, the Jews shall extend their territory in
all directions, and shall realise the promise made to their father
Jacob, "Thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, a...
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The Restoration of Israel
By an easy transition the prophet passes to the second and brighter
part of his picture. The destruction of her enemies is accompanied by
the restoration and salvation of Is...
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_THE KINGDOM OF THE LORD -- OBADIAH 1:19-21:_ The destruction that was
to come upon the nations was described in the words, "And they of the
south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plai...
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_THE DAY OF THE LORD IS NEAR-- OBADIAH 1:15-20:_ God reminded Edom of
His law that you reap what you sow. "The day of the Lord" was near for
all nations. It was time for Edom to pay in full for what s...
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AND THE CAPTIVITY OF THIS HOST— _And those very children of Israel,
who had been captives to the Canaanites, even to Zarephath, and the
captives of Jerusalem, who shall have been in Sepharad,_ [that i...
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VICTORY FOR GOD'S COVENANT PEOPLE
TEXT: Obadiah 1:17-21
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.
18
And...
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And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall
possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity
of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of t...
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1:20 captives (g-3) captives (g-23) Lit. 'captivity.'...
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THE *LORD IS KING
OBADIAH
_PHILIP SMITH_
ABOUT THE BOOK OF OBADIAH
AUTHOR
This is the shortest book in the *Old Testament. Obadiah means ‘the
servant of *Yahweh’. Or it means ‘the person who giv...
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17-21. — ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF JEHOVAH ON MOUNT ZION.
(17) DELIVERANCE. — Better, as in margin, _the fugitives of Israel
who have survived the recent calamity._ This is clear from Isaiah
10:...
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וְ גָלֻ֣ת הַֽ חֵל ־הַ֠ זֶּה לִ...
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EDOM AND ISRAEL
Obadiah 1:1
IF the Book of Obadiah presents us with some of the most difficult
questions of criticism, it raises besides one of the hardest ethical
problems in all the vexed history...
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_Sarepta. This was accomplished after the persecution of Epiphanes.
--- Bosphorus. So St. Jerome's master interpreted Bispharad. But it
seems rather to mean a part of Mesopotamia. Sippara stands above...
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"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...
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He afterwards adds, _And the migrations of this host of the children
of Israel_, _etc_. There is here an obscurity in the words. The
Hebrews by Canaan mean the Illyrians as well as Germans, and also t...
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Edom is frequently spoken of in the prophets. This people, who, as
well as Jacob, were descended from Isaac, had an inveterate hatred to
the posterity of the younger son who were favoured as the peopl...
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AND THE CAPTIVITY OF THIS HOST OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL [SHALL
POSSESS] THAT OF THE CANAANITES, [EVEN] UNTO ZAREPHATH,.... That is,
the host or army, the great number of the children of Israel, that...
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And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel [shall
possess] that of the Canaanites, [even] unto Zarephath; and the
captivity of Jerusalem, which [is] in Sepharad, shall possess the
cities...
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_And the captivity of this host_, &c. Those of the ten tribes that
were carried away captive by Shalmaneser; _shall possess that of the
Canaanites_ That is, all the countries they anciently possessed,...
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The Deliverance of God's People...
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And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel, the very
ones who had suffered on account of the hostility of the enemies,
SHALL POSSESS THAT OF THE CANAANITES, EVEN UNTO ZAREPHATH, or Sarep...
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WHICH IS IN SEPHARAD:
Or, shall possess that which is in Sepharad...
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17-21 There should be deliverance and holiness at Jerusalem, and the
house of Jacob would again occupy their possessions. Much of this
prophecy was fulfilled when the Jews returned to their own land....
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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,...
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Obadiah 1:20 captives H1546 host H2426 children H1121 Israel H3478
Canaanites H3669 Zarephath H6886 captives H1546 Jerusalem...
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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).
But what they had overlooked was that one day YHWH would call the...
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CONTENTS: Edom's humiliation because of sin against God's people.
CHARACTERS: God, Obadiah.
CONCLUSION: If men in their pride and carnal security dare to
challenge omnipotence, their challenge will...
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_But upon Mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be
holiness._
HOLINESS ON MOUNT ZION
The imagery of Scripture poetry often presents instructive truths,
referring to more general subjects...
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OBADIAH—NOTE ON OBADIAH 1:19 All of Israel, including the EXILES far
away, will return. Much of the Promised Land was lost over the years,
but all of it will be regained....
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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...
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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 a...
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1 Kings 17:10; 1 Kings 17:9; Amos 9:14; Amos 9:15; Ezekiel 34:12;...
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The captivity — Those of the ten tribes that were carried away
captive by Salmanesar. Of the Canaanites — All the country they
anciently possessed with this addition, that what the Canaanites held
by...
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OBADIAH — If the Book of Obadiah is inspired Scripture, then why is
it not quoted in the NT? (For a discussion of this question, see
Ecclesiastes 1:1.)
OBADIAH — Is the prophecy of Obadiah simply an...