Having given, in summary, the restoration and expansion of Judah, Obadiah, in more detail, first mentions a further chastisement of Edom, quite dis…

17-21.—ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF JEHOVAH ON MOUNT ZION.

Deliverance. — It is better, as in the margi…

Here again the Prophet addresses a doubt that might enter the mind of each of them.

For the Idumeans were flourishing, and their condition w…

And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of
Joseph a flame
The former ma…

Deliverance and holiness would be at Jerusalem, and the house of Jacob would again occupy their possessions. Much of this prophecy was fulfilled wh…