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Obadiah 1:21

Obadiah 1:21
And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And saviours shall come upon Mount Zion,.... Which according to some, is to be understood literally, either of Zerubbabel and Joshua, after the return of the Jews from the Babylonish captivity, who…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And saviors shall ascend on Mount Zion - The body should not be without its head; saviours there should be, and those, successively. The title was familiar to them of old Jdg 3:9, Jdg 3:15. “The…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

And saviours shall come up - Certain persons whom God may choose to be deliverers of his people; such as Zerubbabel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and the Maccabees.

Some think these saviours, מושיעים moshiim, mean…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Obadiah 1:17-21

After the destruction of the church's enemies is threatened, which will be completely accomplished in the great day of recompence, and that judgment for which Christ came once, and will come again,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

saviours i.e. deliverers. The word, enshrined already in the name of Joshua, the great deliverer, is frequently applied to the Judges: "The Lord raised up judges, which delivered (saved) them out of…