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The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion to rule over the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will belong to the LORD.
Obadiah 1:21 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Saviors will go up on Mount Zion to judge the mountains of Esau, and the kingdom will be Yahweh’s.
  • KJV And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’s.
  • NKJV Then saviors shall come to Mount Zion To judge the mountains of Esau, And the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.
  • NASB The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion To judge the mountain of Esau, And the kingdom will be the Lord’s.
  • NLT Those who have been rescued will go up to Mount Zion in Jerusalem to rule over the mountains of Edom. And the Lord himself will be king!”

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Quick answer

Deliverers will ascend Mount Zion to govern Edom, and the kingdom will belong to the Lord.

Overview

The book ends on its highest note: saviors raised up by God will rule from Zion, judging Edom, and ultimately 'the kingdom will be Yahweh's.' What began as judgment on Edom culminates in the universal reign of God. This climactic declaration finds its fulfillment in Christ, the true Savior and King, whose kingdom will have no end.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 30

  • Zech 14:9On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth—the LORD alone, and His name alone.
  • Jas 5:20consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
  • Rev 11:15Then 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.”
  • Dan 7:27Then 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 Him.’
  • Isa 19:20It 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.
  • Ps 22:28For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.
  • 1 Tim 4:16Pay 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.
  • Rev 20:4Then 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 the beast or its image, and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
  • Judg 2:16Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them.
  • Ps 2:6–9“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
  • Dan 2:44In 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 forever.
  • 1 Cor 6:2–3Do 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?
  • Judg 3:9But 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.
  • Zech 9:11–17As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.
  • Mic 5:4–9He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.
  • Luke 22:30so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
  • Ps 102:15So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.
  • 2 Kgs 13:5So 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.
  • Ps 149:5–9Let the saints exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds.
  • Matt 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
  • Dan 12:3Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.
  • Rev 19:6And I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude, like the rushing of many waters, and like a mighty rumbling of thunder, crying out: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.
  • Luke 1:32–33He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
  • Joel 2:32And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD.
  • Dan 7:14And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.
  • Isa 9:6–7For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  • Dan 2:35Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
  • Zech 10:5–12They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.
  • Rev 19:11–13Then 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.
  • Matt 6:10Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

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Christ at the center

The day of the LORD against proud Edom and the promise that 'the kingdom shall be the LORD's' anticipate the final reign of Christ over every hostile power.

How Obadiah 1:21 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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