Obadiah 1 · Verse 21

Obadiah 1:21

And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.
Obadiah 1:21, King James Version

Obadiah 1:21 in other translations

BSBThe deliverers will ascend Mount Zion to rule over the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will belong to the LORD.
WEBSaviors will go up on Mount Zion to judge the mountains of Esau, and the kingdom will be the LORD’s.
ASVAnd saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be Jehovah’s.
YLTAnd gone up have saviours on mount Zion, To judge the mount of Esau, And the kingdom hath been to Jehovah!'
DARBYAnd saviours shall come up on mount Zion, to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be Jehovah's.
BBEAnd those who have been kept safe will come up from Mount Zion to be judges of the mountain of Esau; and the kingdom will be the Lord's.
WebsterAnd saviors shall come upon mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S.

What does Obadiah 1:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
21. saviours--There will be in the kingdom yet to come no king, but a prince; the sabbatic period of the judges will return (compare the phrase so frequent in Judges, only once found in the times of the kings, 2Ch 14:1, "the land had rest"), when there was no visible king, but God reigned in the theocracy. Israelites, not strangers, shall dispense justice to a God-fearing people (Is 1:26; Eze 45:1-25). The judges were not such a burden to the people as the kings proved afterwards (1Sa 8:11-20). In their time the people more readily repented than under the kings (compare 2Ch 15:17), [Roos]. Judges were from time to time raised up as saviours or deliverers of Israel from the enemy. These, and the similar deliverers in the long subsequent age of Antiochus, the Maccabees, who conquered the Idumeans (as here foretold, compare 2 Maccabees 10:15,23), were types of the peaceful period yet to come to Israel. to judge ... Esau--to punish (so "judge," 1Sa 3:13) ... Edom (compare Ob 1-9, 15-19). Edom is the type of Israel's and God's last foes (Is 63:1-4). kingdom shall be the Lord's--under Messiah (Da 2:44; 7:14, 27; Zec 14:9; Lu 1:33; Re 11:15; 19:6).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 And saviours shall come up - Certain persons whom God may choose to be deliverers of his people; such as Zerubbabel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and the Maccabees. Some think these saviours, מושיעים moshiim, mean the apostles of our Lord. Several MSS. have מושעים mushaim, the preserved; those that are saved, i.e., they who were delivered from the captivity; and those of Mount Zion shall judge, that is, shall execute judgment on the Edomites. And as the Asmonean princes joined the priesthood to the state, it might be what the prophet means when he says, "the kingdom shall be the Lord's," the high priest having both the civil and ecclesiastical power in his own hands. And these actually were masters of Edom, and judged and governed the mountain of Esau. And thus this prophecy appears to have had a very literal fulfillment. But if we take the whole as referring to the times of the Gospel, which I believe is not its primary sense, it may signify the conversion and restoration of the Jews, and that under Jesus Christ the original theocracy shall be restored; and thus, once more, in the promised land, it may be said: - המלוכה ליהוה והיתה hammeluchah laihovah vehayethah "And the kingdom shall belong to Jehovah"

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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…

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Obadiah 1:21 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.

וְעָל֤וּve.'a.Luand they will go upH5927
מֽוֹשִׁעִים֙mo.shi.'ImdeliverersH3467
בְּהַ֣רbe.Haron [the] mountain ofH2022
צִיּ֔וֹןtzi.YonZionH6726
לִשְׁפֹּ֖טlish.Potto ruleH8199
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַ֣רhar[the] mountain ofH2022
עֵשָׂ֑ו'e.SavEsauH6215
וְהָיְתָ֥הve.ha.ye.Tahand it will belongH1961
לַֽיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068
הַמְּלוּכָֽה\׃ha.me.lu.Khahthe kingshipH4410

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

Cross references for Obadiah 1:21

  • Zechariah 14:9

    And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.

  • James 5:20

    Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

  • Revelation 11:15

    And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

  • Daniel 7:27

    And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

  • Isaiah 19:20

    And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the Lord because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.

  • 1 Timothy 4:16

    Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

  • Psalms 22:28

    For the kingdom is the Lord’s: and he is the governor among the nations.

  • Daniel 2:44

    And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

  • Judges 2:16

    Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.

  • Psalms 2:6-9

    Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

  • Revelation 20:4

    And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

  • 1 Corinthians 6:2-3

    Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
saviours.
Jud 2:16; 3:9; 2Ki 13:5; Isa 19:20; Da 12:3; Joe 2:32; Mic 5:4-9
Zec 9:11-17; 10:5-12; 1Ti 4:16; Jas 5:20
to judge.
Ps 149:5-9; Da 7:27; Lu 22:30; 1Co 6:2,3; Re 19:11-13; 20:4
and the.
Ps 2:6-9; 22:28; 102:15; Isa 9:6,7; Da 2:35,44; 7:14,27; Zec 14:9
Mt 6:10,13; Lu 1:32,33; Re 11:15; 19:6

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Context

  • Obadiah 1:20

    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 the south.

  • Obadiah 1:21

    And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.

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Obadiah 1:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y vendrán salvadores al monte de Sión para juzgar al monte de Esaú; y el reino será de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et des sauveurs monteront sur la montagne de Sion pour juger la montagne d’Ésaü. Et le royaume sera à l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und es werden Retter auf den Berg Zion ziehen, um das Gebirge Esaus zu richten; und das Reich wird Jehova gehören.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et ascendent salvatores in montem Sion judicare montem Esau, et erit Domino regnum.