"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 house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it."
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Verse Obadiah 1:18. _THE HOUSE OF JACOB SHALL BE A FIRE_] After their
return from captivity, the _Jews_, called here the _house of Jacob_
and the _house of Joseph_, did break out as a flame upon the I...
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Having given, in summary, the restoration and expansion of Judah,
Obadiah, in more detail, first mentions a further chastisement of
Edom, quite distinct from the former. In the first, for which God
su...
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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; Jeremiah 49:12), and now the other nations...
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THERE SHALL NOT BE. Compare verses: Obadiah 1:9; Obadiah 1:9; Obadiah
1:16.
ANY REMAINING. him that remaineth. Twenty-four centuries ago this
prophecy was written, and to-day no Edomites can he ident...
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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 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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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 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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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 הָיָה֩ בֵית ־יַעֲקֹ֨ב אֵ֜שׁ וּ
בֵ֧ית יֹוסֵ֣ף לֶהָבָ֗ה וּ בֵ֤ית
עֵשָׂו֙ לְ קַ֔שׁ...
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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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And the house of Jacob shall be (n) 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 o...
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_Stubble. The Jews often attacked Edom, and at last forced them to
submit to the law of circumcision. --- Remains. Septuagint copies
vary; "corn fire or carrier." (Haydock) --- Those who escaped alone...
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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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Here again the Prophet meets a doubt, which might come into the mind
of each of them; for the Idumeans were flourishing, and their
condition was independent, when the Israelites as well as the Jews
we...
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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 HOUSE OF JACOB SHALL BE A FIRE, AND THE HOUSE OF JOSEPH A
FLAME,.... The former may denote the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin,
the latter the ten tribes, which after the separation in Rehobo...
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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 th...
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_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...
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The Deliverance of God's People...
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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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Besides what Nebuchadnezzar shall do upon his particular quarrel
against Edom, bringing them to a very desolate condition, there shall,
(though it be not owned,) intermixed, be the quarrel of God for...
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Obadiah 1:18 house H1004 Jacob H3290 fire H784 house H1004 Joseph
H3130 flame H3852 house H1004 Esau H6215 stubble H7179 kindle H1814
(H8804) devour H398 (H8804) survivor H8300 house H1004 Esau H6215...
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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 th...
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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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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 Corinthians 3:12; 2 Samuel 19:20; Amos 5:15; Amos 6:6; Ezekiel
37:16; Ezekiel 37:19; Isaiah 10:17; Isaiah 31:9; Isaiah 47:14; Isaiah
5:24;
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Shall kindle — This was fulfilled in part by Hyrcanus and the
Maccabees, 1 Macc. 5:3, but will be more fully accomplished, when the
Lord shall make his church as a fire to all its enemies....
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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...