Obadiah 1:17
But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
Obadiah 1:17 in other translations
| BSB | But on Mount Zion there will be deliverance, and it will be holy, and the house of Jacob will reclaim their possession. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | And in mount Zion there is an escape, And it hath been holy, And the house of Jacob have possessed 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. |
| BBE | But in Mount Zion some will be kept safe, and it will be holy; and the children of Jacob will take their heritage. |
| Webster | But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. |
What does Obadiah 1:17 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Obadiah 1:17-21
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Obadiah 1:17 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Obadiah 1:17
- Amos 9:11-15
In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the Lord that doeth this. Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. …
- Revelation 21:27
And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
- Isaiah 14:1-2
For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
- Joel 3:19-21
Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the Lord dwelleth in Zion.
- Amos 9:8
Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the Lord.
- Joel 2:32
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.
- Joel 3:17
So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
- Isaiah 60:21
Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
- Zechariah 14:20-21
In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the Lord’s house shall be like the bowls before the altar. Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the Lord of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the Lord of hosts.
- Jeremiah 46:28
Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the Lord: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.
- Isaiah 46:13
I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
- Isaiah 4:3-4
And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem: When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
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Isa 46:13; Joe 2:32
shall be.
Jer 46:28; Am 9:8
deliverance. or, they that escape.
Jer 44:14,28; Eze 7:16
there shall be holiness. or, it shall be holy.
Isa 1:27; 4:3,4; 60:21; Joe 3:17; Zec 8:3; 14:20,21; Re 21:27
possess.
Isa 14:1,2; Joe 3:19-21; Am 9:11-15
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Context
- Obadiah 1:16
For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.
- Obadiah 1:17
But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
- Obadiah 1:18
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.
Obadiah 1:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas en el monte de Sión habrá salvamento, y será santidad, y la casa de Jacob, poseerá sus posesiones. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et sur la montagne de Sion il y aura délivrance; et elle sera sainte, et la maison de Jacob possédera ses possessions. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Aber auf dem Berge Zion wird Errettung sein und er wird heilig sein; und die vom Hause Jakob werden ihre Besitzungen wieder in Besitz nehmen |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et in monte Sion erit salvatio, et erit sanctus; et possidebit domus Jacob eos qui se possederant. |