Obd 19-21 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Obad 1:19-21: 1:19-21 History yields to the day when the entire world will belong to the Lord as his kingdom. This message encourages God’s people and warns the nations that forget God. Summary for Obad 1:19-20: 1:19-20 God’s people living in the Negev , the foothills of Judah , and Benjamin (three regions of Judah) would possess territories of their neighbors ( Edom , the Philistine plains , Gilead ). Restored Israel would recover Ephraim and Samaria (territory lost in 722–721 BC to Assyria) and expand its borders to those lands promised in the conquest ( the Philistine plains , the land of Gilead , the Phoenician coast ). See also Ezek 47:13-23 .

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‏ Obadiah 19-21

Summary for Obad 1:19-21: 1:19-21 ^a History yields to the day when the entire world will belong to the Lord as his kingdom. This message encourages God’s people and warns the nations that forget God.
Summary for Obad 1:19-20: 1:19-20 ^b God’s people living in the Negev, the foothills of Judah, and Benjamin (three regions of Judah) would possess territories of their neighbors (Edom, the Philistine plains, Gilead). Restored Israel would recover Ephraim and Samaria (territory lost in 722–721 BC to Assyria) and expand its borders to those lands promised in the conquest (the Philistine plains, the land of Gilead, the Phoenician coast). See also Ezek 47:13-23 ^c.
1:20 ^d in the north: Hebrew in Sepharad, probably a colony of Jewish exiles in Asia Minor who would return to the Negev. The scene corresponds with some actual events but looks beyond any single movement of refugees to the end times.
1:21 ^e to Mount Zion: God’s people would ascend his holy mountain to rule over (or to judge) the mountains of their ancient foe Edom as a precursor to the coming universal Kingdom.