Obadiah 1:21 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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

The prior verse says "And the removed of this force of...", giving immediate footing for "gone" and "saviours". In Obadiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

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