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But in Mount Zion, there will be those who escape, and it will be holy. The house of Jacob will possess their possessions.
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A Promise of Restoration
This verse marks a dramatic shift from judgment to hope. Commentators emphasize that while God chastises His people, His punishment is temporary. He promises that a remnant will escape and be saved, offering a powerful reminder that even in times of discipline or apparent defeat, God always preserves a path to deliverance and restoration for His people.
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Obadiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But (And) upon (in) Mount Zion, shall be deliverance, or, an escaped remnant, and there (and it) shall be holiness—The sifting times of the …
19th Century
Anglican
17-21.—ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF JEHOVAH ON MOUNT ZION.
Deliverance. — It is better, as in the margi…
16th Century
Protestant
Here the Prophet promises deliverance to the Jews, for other consolations would have been of no great importance if those who were then perishing h…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But upon Mount Zion shall be deliverance Not only by Cyrus, at the end of the seventy years' captivity; and by the Maccab…
Deliverance and holiness would be at Jerusalem, and the house of Jacob would again occupy their possessions. Much of this prophecy was fulfilled wh…
