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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:17 nation of Jacob Literally, “the house of Jacob.” This could mean the people of Israel or only its leaders.
  2. Obadiah 1:18 nation of Esau Literally, “the house of Esau.”

17 But on Mount Zion will be deliverance;(A)
    it will be holy,(B)
    and Jacob will possess his inheritance.(C)
18 Jacob will be a fire
    and Joseph a flame;
Esau will be stubble,
    and they will set him on fire(D) and destroy(E) him.
There will be no survivors(F)
    from Esau.”
The Lord has spoken.

19 People from the Negev will occupy
    the mountains of Esau,
and people from the foothills will possess
    the land of the Philistines.(G)
They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria,(H)
    and Benjamin(I) will possess Gilead.

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