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17 “But there will be a delivered remnant on Mount Zion.
    There will be holiness,
        and the house of Jacob will take back their possessions.

18 “The house of Jacob will be a fire,
and the house of Joseph a flame,
    but the house of Esau will be kindling.
Then Jacob and Joseph[a] will burn and consume Esau,[b]
    and no survivor will remain from the house of Esau.”
Indeed, the Lord has spoken it.

19 “Those in the Negev[c] will possess Esau’s Mountain,
    and those in the Shephelah[d] the Philistines.
They will possess the fields of Ephraim
    and the fields of Samaria,
while Benjamin will possess the territory of[e] Gilead.

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:18 Lit. They
  2. Obadiah 1:18 Lit. them
  3. Obadiah 1:19 I.e. southern region of Israel; cf. Josh 10:40
  4. Obadiah 1:19 I.e. the verdant central lowlands of Israel; cf. Josh 10:40
  5. Obadiah 1:19 The Heb. lacks will possess the territory of

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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