Obadiah 1:21 {20}
Good News Translation
The victorious men of Jerusalem will attack Edom and rule over it. And the LORD himself will be king."

New Revised Standard Version
Those who have been saved shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’s.

Contemporary English Version
Those the LORD has saved will live on Mount Zion and rule over Edom. Then the kingdom will belong to the LORD.

New American Bible
And deliverers will ascend Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau, and the kingship shall be the LORD’s.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel, all the places of the Chanaanites even to Sarepta: and the captivity of Jerusalem that is in Bosphorus, shall possess the cities of the south.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel, all the places of the Chanaanites even to Sarepta: and the captivity of Jerusalem that is in Bosphorus, shall possess the cities of the south.

saviours.

Judges 2:16 And the Lord raised up judges, to deliver them from the hands of those that oppressed them: but they would not hearken to them,

Judges 3:9 And they cried to the Lord, who raised them up a saviour, and delivered them; to wit, Othoniel, the son of Cenez, the younger brother of Caleb:

2 Kings 13:5 And the Lord gave Israel a saviour, and they were delivered out of the hand of the king of Syria: and the children of Israel dwelt in their pavilions as yesterday and the day before.

Isaiah 19:20 It shall be for a sign, and for a testimony to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt. For they shall cry to the Lord because of the oppressor, and he shall send them a Saviour and a defender to deliver them.

Daniel 12:3 But they that are learned, shall shine as the brightness of the firmament: and they that instruct many to justice, as stars for all eternity.

Joel 2:32 And it shall come to pass, that every one that shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved: for in Mount Sion, and in Jerusalem shall be salvation, as the Lord hath said, and in the residue whom the Lord shall call.

Micah 5:4-9 Therefore will he give them up even till the time wherein she that travaileth shall bring forth: and the remnant of his brethren shall be converted to the children of Israel. . . .

Zechariah 9:11-17 Thou also by the blood of thy testament hast sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit, wherein is no water. . . .

Zechariah 10:5-12 And they shall be as mighty men, treading under foot the mire of the ways in battle: and they shall fight, because the Lord is with them, and the riders of horses shall be confounded. . . .

1 Timothy 4:16 Take heed to thyself and to doctrine: be earnest in them. For in doing this thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee.

James 5:20 He must know that he who causeth a sinner to be converted from the error of his way shall save his soul from death and shall cover a multitude of sins.

to judge.

Psalm 149:5-9 The saints shall rejoice in glory: they shall be joyful in their beds. . . .

Daniel 7:27 And that the kingdom, and power, and the greatness of the kingdom, under the whole heaven, may be given to the people of the saints of the most High: whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all kings shall serve him, and shall obey him.

Luke 22:30 That you may eat and drink at my table, in my kingdom: and may sit upon thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

1 Corinthians 6:2,3 Know you not that the saints shall judge this world? And if the world shall be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters? . . .

Revelation 19:11-13 And I saw heaven opened: and behold a white horse. And he that sat upon him was called faithful and true: and with justice doth he judge and fight. . . .

Revelation 20:4 And I saw seats. And they sat upon them: and judgment was given unto them. And the souls of them that were beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God and who had not adored the beast nor his image nor received his character on their foreheads or in their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

and the.

Psalm 2:6-9 But I am appointed king by him over Sion, his holy mountain, preaching his commandment. . . .

Psalm 22:28 For the kingdom is the Lord's; and he shall have dominion over the nations.

Psalm 102:15 All the Gentiles shall fear thy name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

Isaiah 9:6,7 For a CHILD IS BORN to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace. . . .

Daniel 2:35,44 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of a summer's threshing floor, and they were carried away by the wind: and there was no place found for them: but the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. . . .

Daniel 7:14,27 And he gave him power, and glory, and a kingdom: and all peoples, tribes, and tongues shall serve him: his power is an everlasting power that shall not be taken away: and his kingdom that shall not be destroyed. . . .

Zechariah 14:9 And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day there shall be one Lord, and his name shall be one.

Matthew 6:10,13 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. . . .

Luke 1:32,33 He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David his father: and he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever. . . .

Revelation 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded the trumpet: and there were great voices in heaven, saying: The kingdom of this world is become our Lord's and his Christ's, and he shall reign for ever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 19:6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of great thunders, saying: Alleluia: for the Lord our God, the Almighty, hath reigned.

Context
The Deliverance of Israel
20And they that are toward the south, shall inherit the mount of Esau, and they that are in the plains, the Philistines: and they shall possess the country of Ephraim, and the country of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Galaad. 21And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel, all the places of the Chanaanites even to Sarepta: and the captivity of Jerusalem that is in Bosphorus, shall possess the cities of the south.
Cross References
Revelation 11:15
And the seventh angel sounded the trumpet: and there were great voices in heaven, saying: The kingdom of this world is become our Lord's and his Christ's, and he shall reign for ever and ever. Amen.

Nehemiah 9:27
And thou gavest them into the hands of their enemies, and they afflicted them. And in the time of their tribulation they cried to thee, and thou heardest from heaven, and according to the multitude of thy tender mercies thou gavest them saviours, to save them from the hands of their enemies.

Psalm 22:28
For the kingdom is the Lord's; and he shall have dominion over the nations.

Psalm 47:7
For God is the king of all the earth: sing ye wisely.

Psalm 67:4
Let the nations be glad and rejoice: for thou judgest the people with justice, and directest the nations upon earth.

Zechariah 14:9
And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day there shall be one Lord, and his name shall be one.

Obadiah 1:20
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