Obadiah 17-19

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¹⁷ But there will be survivors on Mount Zion.
    They will be my special people.
The nation of Jacob^[a] will take back
    what belongs to it.
¹⁸ The family of Jacob will be like a fire.
    The nation of Joseph will be like a flame.
But the nation of Esau^[b] will be like ashes.
    The people of Judah will burn Edom,
    and they will destroy it.
Then there will be no survivors in the nation of Esau.”
    This will happen because the Lord said it would.
¹⁹ Then people from the Negev will live on the mountain of Esau.
    And people from the foothills will take the Philistine lands.
They will live in the land of Ephraim and Samaria.
    Gilead will belong to Benjamin.