20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel, which were among the [a]Canaanites, shall possess unto Zarephath, and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the South.

21 And they [b]that shall save, shall come up to mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau, and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:20 By the Canaanites, the Jews mean the Dutchmen, and by Zarephath, France, and by Sepharad, Spain.
  2. Obadiah 1:21 Meaning that God will raise up in his Church such as shall rule and govern for the defense of the same, and destruction of his enemies under Messiah, whom the Prophet calleth here, the Lord and head of this kingdom.

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