Obadiah 1:17 (YLT)

Passage

And in mount Zion there is an escape, And it hath been holy, And the house of Jacob have possessed their possessions.

Nearby Context

Obadiah 1:15 For near <FI>is<Fi> the day of Jehovah, on all the nations, As thou hast done, it is done to thee, Thy deed doth turn back on thine own head.

Obadiah 1:16 For--as ye have drunk on My holy mount, Drink do all the nations continually, And they have drunk and have swallowed, And they have been as they have not been.

Obadiah 1:17 And in mount Zion there is an escape, And it hath been holy, And the house of Jacob have possessed their possessions.

Obadiah 1:18 And the house of Jacob hath been a fire, And the house of Joseph a flame, And the house of Esau for stubble, And they have burned among them, And they have consumed them, And there is not a remnant to the house of Esau, For Jehovah hath spoken.

Obadiah 1:19 And they have possessed the south with the mount of Esau, And the low country with the Philistines, And they have possessed the field of Ephraim, And the field of Samaria, And Benjamin with Gilead.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "For--as ye have drunk on My holy..." into verse 18's "And the house of Jacob hath been...", so "mount" and "zion" 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 "mount" and "zion" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.