Obadiah 1:17-20

The Day of the Lord Is Near

17 a But in Mount Zion there shall be those who escape,
and it shall be holy,
b and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
 18 c The house of Jacob shall be a fire,
and the house of Joseph a flame,
and the house of Esau d stubble;
they shall burn them and consume them,
e and there shall be no survivor for the house of Esau,
for the Lord has spoken.

The Kingdom of the Lord

19 Those of f the Negeb b shall possess g Mount Esau,
and those of the Shephelah shall possess h the land of the Philistines;
they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of i Samaria,
and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
 20 The exiles of this host of the people of Israel
shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as j Zarephath,
and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
shall possess the cities of the Negeb.

  1. Cross References
    Amos 9:8
    Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the surface of the ground, except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob," declares the Lord.
    Joel 2:32
    And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls.
  2. Cross References
    Amos 9:12
    That they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by my name," declares the Lord who does this.
  3. Cross References
    Zechariah 12:6
    On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a blazing pot in the midst of wood, like a flaming torch among sheaves. And they shall devour to the right and to the left all the surrounding peoples, while Jerusalem shall again be inhabited in its place, in Jerusalem.
    Isaiah 10:17
    The light of Israel will become a fire, and his Holy One a flame, and it will burn and devour his thorns and briers in one day.
    Jeremiah 5:14
    Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts: "Because you have spoken this word, behold, I am making my words in your mouth a fire, and this people wood, and the fire shall consume them.
  4. Cross References
    Joel 2:5
    As with the rumbling of chariots, they leap on the tops of the mountains, like the crackling of a flame of fire devouring the stubble, like a powerful army drawn up for battle.
  5. Cross References
    Ezekiel 25:14
    And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel, and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath, and they shall know my vengeance, declares the Lord God.
  6. Cross References
    Joshua 10:40
    So Joshua struck the whole land, the hill country and the Negeb and the lowland and the slopes, and all their kings. He left none remaining, but devoted to destruction all that breathed, just as the Lord God of Israel commanded.
    Judges 1:9
    And afterward the men of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, in the Negeb, and in the lowland.
  7. Cross References
    Obadiah 1:17
    But in Mount Zion there shall be those who escape, and it shall be holy, and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
  8. Cross References
    Obadiah 1:8
    Will I not on that day, declares the Lord, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
  9. Cross References
    Jeremiah 17:26
    And people shall come from the cities of Judah and the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the Shephelah, from the hill country, and from the Negeb, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and bringing thank offerings to the house of the Lord.
  10. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:13
    In the prophets of Samaria I saw an unsavory thing: they prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray.
  11. Cross References
    1 Kings 17:9
    "Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you."
    Luke 4:26
    And Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
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