17 But there will be a deliverance on Mount Zion,(A)
and it will be holy;(B)
the house of Jacob will dispossess(C)
those who dispossessed them.[a](D)
18 Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire,(E)
and the house of Joseph, a burning flame,
but the house of Esau will be stubble;
Jacob[b] will set them on fire and consume Edom.[c]
Therefore no survivor will remain(F)
of the house of Esau,
for the Lord has spoken.

Future Blessing for Israel

19 People from the Negev will possess(G)
the hill country of Esau;(H)
those from the Judean foothills will possess
the land of the Philistines.(I)
They[d] will possess
the territories of Ephraim and Samaria,(J)
while Benjamin will possess Gilead.

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:17 DSS, LXX, Syr, Vg, Tg; MT reads Jacob will possess its inheritance
  2. Obadiah 1:18 Lit they
  3. Obadiah 1:18 Lit them
  4. Obadiah 1:19 = The house of Jacob

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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