Discovery BoxObadiah 1:17 
Context1:17 But on Mount Zion there will be a remnant of those who escape, 1
and it will be a holy place once again.
The descendants 2 of Jacob will conquer 3
those who had conquered them. 4
Obadiah 1:21
Context1:21 Those who have been delivered 5 will go up on Mount Zion
in order to rule over 6 Esau’s mountain.
Then the Lord will reign as King! 7
1 tn Heb “will be a fugitive.” This is a collective singular. Cf. NCV “some will escape the judgment.”
2 tn Heb “house” (so most English versions); NCV, TEV “the people of Jacob.” The word “house” also occurs four times in v. 18.
3 tn Heb “dispossess.” This root is repeated in the following line to emphasize poetic justice: The punishment will fit the crime.
4 tc The present translation follows the reading מוֹרִשֵׁיהֶם (morishehem; literally, “those dispossessing them”; cf. NAB, NRSV, CEV) rather than מוֹרָשֵׁיהֶם (morashehem, “their possessions”) of the MT (cf. LXX, Syriac, and Vg, followed by KJV, ASV, NASB).
5 tc The present translation follows the reading מוּשָׁעִים (musha’im, “those who have been delivered”; cf. NRSV, CEV) rather than מוֹשִׁעִים (moshi’im,“deliverers”; cf. NASB, NIV, NLT) of the MT (cf. LXX, Aquila, Theodotion, and Syriac).
6 tn Heb “to judge.” In this context the term does not mean “to render judgment on,” but “to rule over” (cf. NAB “to rule”; NIV “to govern”).
7 tn Heb “then the kingdom will belong to the
