Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Obadiah 1:21

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21. saviours —There will be in the kingdom yet to come no king, but a prince; the sabbatic period of the judges will return (compare the phrase so frequent in Judges, only once found in the times of the kings, :- , "the land had rest "), when there was no visible king, but God reigned in the theocracy. Israelites, not strangers, shall dispense justice to a God-fearing people ( Isaiah 1:26 ; Ezekiel 45:1-25 ). The judges were not such a burden to the people as the kings proved afterwards ( 1 Samuel 8:11-20 ). In their time the people more readily repented than under the kings (compare 2 Chronicles 15:17 ), [ROOS]. Judges were from time to time raised up as saviours or deliverers of Israel from the enemy. These, and the similar deliverers in the long subsequent age of Antiochus, the Maccabees, who conquered the Idumeans (as here foretold, compare 2 Maccabees 10:15,23 ), were types of the peaceful period yet to come to Israel. to judge . . . Esau — to punish (so "judge," 2 Chronicles 15:17- : ) . . . Edom (compare Obadiah 1:1-9 ; Obadiah 1:15-19 ). Edom is the type of Israel's and God's last foes ( Obadiah 1:15-31.1.19- : ). kingdom shall be the Lord's —under Messiah ( Daniel 2:44 ; Daniel 7:14 ; Daniel 7:27 ; Zechariah 14:9 ; Luke 1:33 ; Revelation 11:15 ; Revelation 19:6 ). return to ' Top of Page ' Amos Amo 9 Obadiah Oba Jonah Jon 1 Footnotes: Copyright Statement These files are a derivative of an electronic edition prepared from text scanned by Woodside Bible Fellowship. This expanded edition of the Jameison-Faussett-Brown Commentary is in the public domain and may be freely used and distributed. Bibliographical Information Jamieson, Robert, D.D.; Fausset, A. R.; Brown, David. "Commentary on Obadiah 1". 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