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18 The people of Jacob, the Israelites, will be like a fire.
    And the people of Joseph will be like a flame.
But the people of Esau, the Edomites, will be like dry stalks.
    The people of Jacob will set these stalks on fire.
They will burn up the Edomites.
    Then 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,
    the mountain of Esau.
They will take back the western mountain slopes
    from the Philistines.
They will regain the lands of Ephraim and Samaria.
    And Benjamin will take over Gilead.
20 People from Israel once were forced to leave their homes.
    But at that time they will take the land of the Canaanites.
    They will take it all the way to Zarephath.
People from Judah were once forced to leave Jerusalem
    and live in Sepharad.
But at that time they will take back
    the cities of southern Judah.

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18 Jacob will be a fire
    and Joseph a flame;
Esau will be stubble,
    and they will set him on fire(A) and destroy(B) him.
There will be no survivors(C)
    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.(D)
They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria,(E)
    and Benjamin(F) will possess Gilead.
20 This company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaan
    will possess the land as far as Zarephath;(G)
the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
    will possess the towns of the Negev.(H)

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