Obadiah 1:21
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Obadiah 1:21 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Obadiah 1:21 is a verse from the book of Obadiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Obadiah 1:21 — KJV
“And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S.”
— Obadiah 1:21 (KJV)
Obadiah 1:21 in Context — About the Book of Obadiah
Obadiah, the Old Testament's shortest book, is a single oracle against Edom for gloating over Jerusalem's fall. Its message stands for every generation: pride deceives, betrayal of family is judged, but on Mount Zion there will be deliverance — and the kingdom will be the Lord's.
Cross-References for Obadiah 1:21
“And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.”
Shares key themes with Obadiah 1:21: come, mount, zion
“Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. punish: Heb. visit upon stout...: Heb. greatness of the heart”
Shares key themes with Obadiah 1:21: come, mount, zion
“For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. noise: or, multitude”
Shares key themes with Obadiah 1:21: come, mount, zion
“Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.”
Shares key themes with Obadiah 1:21: come, mount, zion
“Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; trumpet: or, cornet”
Shares key themes with Obadiah 1:21: come, mount, zion
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