And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.
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Interpretation
There should be deliverance and holiness at Jerusalem, and the house of Jacob would again occupy their possessions. Much of this prophecy was fulfilled when the Jews returned to their own land.
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This thought runs through Obadiah 1:17-21.
Glossary
- Jerusalem Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.
- Negeb Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Tel Beer Sheva.
- Canaan Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Canaan.
- Halah Place
- A district of Media to which captive Israelites were transported by the Assyrian kings ( 2 Kings 17:6 ; 18:11 ; 1 Chr. 5:26 ). It lay along the banks of the upper Khabur, from its source to its junction with the Jerujer. Modern identification: Al Abbasiyah.
- Sepharad Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Sardis.
- Zarephath Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Sarepta.