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Day of the Lord, Gods ultimate intervention in the affairs of His people. At that time, He will judge the whole earth (vv.2, 3:8), purge Israel (Zeph. 3:11-13; see note on Ezek. 43:13-27), and then reestablish His people into their land (3:14-20). The apostate people of Israel and Judah had to be constantly reminded that the Day of the Lord would a time of judgment, and for the ungodly, a time of utter darkness (see notes on Jer. 30:3-31:26, Amos 5:18-20; Thess. 5:2).
Furthermore, God speaks of a future time when Israel will
actually occupy the full extent of its promised land, and the
Edomites will be removed from the land that they seized from
Israel after the Babylonian Captivity began in 586 B.C.. In verse
Ob. 1:21 the word translated savior could better
be translated deliverers referring to the deliverance
of the land by the restored exiles from the Babylonian Captivity
. Also, the term judged used here is the same word
used to describe how the judges governed the people (Judg. 2:16)
In other words, the land will be delivered and ruled. Ultimately,
God ruled over His people. |