Obadiah 1 · Verse 17

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, King James Version

Obadiah 1:17 in other translations

BSBBut on Mount Zion there will be deliverance, and it will be holy, and the house of Jacob will reclaim their possession.
WEBBut in Mount Zion, there will be those who escape, and it will be holy. The house of Jacob will possess their possessions.
ASVBut in mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
YLTAnd in mount Zion there is an escape, And it hath been holy, And the house of Jacob have possessed their possessions.
DARBYBut upon mount Zion shall there be deliverance, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
BBEBut in Mount Zion some will be kept safe, and it will be holy; and the children of Jacob will take their heritage.
WebsterBut 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
17. upon ... Zion ... deliverance--both in the literal sense and spiritual sense (Joe 2:32; Is 46:13; 59:20; Ro 11:26). Maurer as the Margin explains it, "there shall be a remnant that shall escape." Compare Is 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 (Ob 9, 16), a remnant of Jews shall escape when the rest of the nation has perished, and shall regain their ancient "possessions." there shall be holiness--that is, Zion shall be sacrosanct or inviolable: no more violated by foreign invaders (Is 42:1; Joe 3:17).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 But upon Mount Zion shall be deliverance - Here is a promise of the return from the Babylonish captivity. They shall come to Zion, and there they shall find safety; and it is remarkable that after their return they were greatly befriended by the Persian kings, and by Alexander the Great and his successors; so that, whilst they ravaged the neighboring nations, the Jews were unmolested. See Calmet. And there shall be holiness - They shall return to God, separate themselves from their idols, and become a better people than they were when God permitted them to be carried into captivity. The house of Jacob shall possess - They were restored to their former possessions. But this may refer also to their future restoration under the Gospel, when they shall be truly converted, and become holiness to the Lord; for salvation and holiness shall be the characteristics of Zion - the Christian Church, for ever.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Obadiah 1:17-21
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. But the salvation and holiness of the gospel, its spread, and the conversion of the Gentiles, seem also to be intended, especially the restoration of Israel, the destruction of antichrist, and the prosperous state of the church, to which all the prophets bear witness. When Christ is come, and not till then, shall the kingdom be the Lord's in the full sense of the term. As none that exalt themselves against the Lord shall prosper, and all shall be brought down; so none that wait upon the Lord, and put their trust in him, shall ever be dismayed. Blessed be the Divine Saviour and Judge on Mount Zion! His word shall be a savour of life unto life unto numbers, while it judges and condemns obstinate unbelievers.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Obadiah 1:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּבְהַ֥רu.ve.Harand on [the] mountain ofH2022
צִיּ֛וֹןtzi.YonZionH6726
תִּהְיֶ֥הtih.Yehit will beH1961
פְלֵיטָ֖הfe.lei.TahdeliveranceH6413
וְהָ֣יָהve.Ha.yahand it will beH1961
קֹ֑דֶשׁKo.desha holy placeH6944
וְיָֽרְשׁוּ֙ve.ya.re.Shuand they will take possession ofH3423
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] houseH1004
יַֽעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>H853
מוֹרָֽשֵׁיהֶם\׃mo.Ra.shei.hempossessions theirH4180

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
upon.
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.

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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.
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.