Obadiah 1:21 (DBY)

Passage

And saviours shall come up on mount Zion, to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be Jehovah's.

Nearby Context

Obadiah 1:19 And [they of] the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the lowland the Philistines; yea, they shall possess the field of Ephraim and the field of Samaria; and Benjamin [shall possess] Gilead;

Obadiah 1:20 and the captives of this host of the children of Israel [shall possess] what belonged to the Canaanites, unto Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem, who [were] in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saviours", "shall", "come", "mount", "zion", "judge", and "esau". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saviours" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "and the captives of this host of...", giving immediate footing for "saviours" and "shall". In Obadiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "saviours" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.