Obadiah 1:21 “The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion to rule over the mountains of Es…”

Obadiah 1:21

The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion to rule over the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will belong to the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Saviors will go up on Mount Zion to judge the mountains of Esau, and the kingdom will be the LORD’s.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And they that shall saue, shall come vp to mount Zion to iudge the mount of Esau, and the kingdome shalbe the Lords.

Darby Translation

And saviours shall come up on mount Zion, to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be Jehovah's.

Young's Literal Translation

And gone up have saviours on mount Zion, To judge the mount of Esau, And the kingdom hath been to Jehovah!'

Bible in Basic English

And 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.

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Cross references

“saviours”

James 5:20 Isaiah 19:20 1 Timothy 4:16 Judges 2:16 Judges 3:9 2 Kings 13:5

James 5:20 · BSB

consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

Isaiah 19:20 · BSB

It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, He will send them a savior and defender to rescue them.

1 Timothy 4:16 · BSB

Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

Judges 2:16 · BSB

Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them.

Judges 3:9 · BSB

But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.

2 Kings 13:5 · BSB

So the LORD gave Israel a deliverer, and they escaped the power of the Arameans. Then the people of Israel lived in their own homes as they had before.

“to judge”

Daniel 7:27 Revelation 20:4 Psalm 149:5–9 Luke 22:30 Revelation 19:11–13 1 Corinthians 6:2

Daniel 7:27 · BSB

Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will serve and obey H…

Revelation 20:4 · BSB

Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped…

Psalm 149:5–9 · BSB

Let the saints exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds.

Luke 22:30 · BSB

so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Revelation 19:11–13 · BSB

Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.

1 Corinthians 6:2 · BSB

Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?

“and the”

Zechariah 14:9 Revelation 11:15 Psalm 22:28 Psalm 2:6–9 Daniel 2:44 Psalm 102:15

Zechariah 14:9 · BSB

On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth—the LORD alone, and His name alone.

Revelation 11:15 · BSB

Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”

Psalm 22:28 · BSB

For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.

Psalm 2:6–9 · BSB

“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”

Daniel 2:44 · BSB

In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand…

Psalm 102:15 · BSB

So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20And the exiles of this host of the Israelites will possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath; and the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the cities of the Negev.

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