Obadiah 1:20 (YLT)

Passage

And the removed of this force of the sons of Israel, That <FI>is with<Fi> the Canaanites unto Zarephat, And the removed of Jerusalem that <FI>is<Fi> with the Sepharad, Possess the cities of the south.

Nearby Context

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.

Obadiah 1:20 And the removed of this force of the sons of Israel, That <FI>is with<Fi> the Canaanites unto Zarephat, And the removed of Jerusalem that <FI>is<Fi> with the Sepharad, Possess the cities of the south.

Obadiah 1:21 And gone up have saviours on mount Zion, To judge the mount of Esau, And the kingdom hath been to Jehovah!'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "removed", "force", "sons", "israel", "canaanites", "zarephat", and "jerusalem". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "removed" and "force", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 19's "And they have possessed the south with..." into verse 21's "And gone up have saviours on mount...", so "removed" and "force" 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 "removed" and "force" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.