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17 But on Mount Zion some will escape the judgment,
    and it will be a holy place.
The people of Jacob will take back their land
    from those who took it from them.
18 The people of Jacob will be like a fire
    and the people of Joseph[a] like a flame.
But the people of Esau[b] will be like dry stalks.
    The people of Jacob will set them on fire and burn them up.
There will be no one left of the people of Esau.”
This will happen because the Lord has said it.

19 Then God’s people will regain southern Judah from Edom;
    they will take back the mountains of Edom.
They will take back the western hills
    from the Philistines.
They will regain the lands of Ephraim and Samaria,
    and Benjamin will take over Gilead.

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Footnotes

  1. 18 people of Jacob . . . Joseph The people who came from Jacob and Joseph, or the Israelites.
  2. 18 people of Esau The people who came from Esau, or the Edomites.

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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