Obadiah 1:17 (GNV)

Passage

But vpon mount Zion shalbe deliuerance, and it shalbe holy, and the house of Iaakob shall possesse their possessions,

Nearby Context

Obadiah 1:15 For the day of the Lord is neere, vpon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall bee done to thee: thy reward shall returne vpon thine head.

Obadiah 1:16 For as yee haue drunke vpon mine holy Mountaine, so shall all the heathen drinke continually: yea, they shall drinke and swallow vp, and they shalbe as though they had not bene.

Obadiah 1:17 But vpon mount Zion shalbe deliuerance, and it shalbe holy, and the house of Iaakob shall possesse their possessions,

Obadiah 1:18 And the house of Iaakob shalbe a fire, and the house of Ioseph a flame, and the house of Esau as stubble, and they shall kindle in them and deuoure them: and there shall bee no remnant of the house of Esau for the Lord hath spoken it.

Obadiah 1:19 And they shall possesse the South side of the mount of Esau, and the plaine of the Philistims: and they shall possesse the fieldes of Ephraim, and the fieldes of Samaria, and Beniamin shall haue Gilead.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "vpon", "mount", "zion", "shalbe", "deliuerance", "holy", and "house". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "vpon" and "mount", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "For as yee haue drunke vpon mine..." into verse 18's "And the house of Iaakob shalbe a...", so "vpon" and "mount" belong inside that flow. In Obadiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

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