Obadiah 19-21
International Children’s Bible
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.
21 Powerful warriors will go up on Mount Zion.
There they will rule the people living on Edom’s mountain.
And the kingdom will belong to the Lord.
Obadiah 19-21
New International Version
19 People from the Negev will occupy
the mountains of Esau,
and people from the foothills will possess
the land of the Philistines.(A)
They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria,(B)
and Benjamin(C) will possess Gilead.
20 This company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaan
will possess the land as far as Zarephath;(D)
the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
will possess the towns of the Negev.(E)
21 Deliverers(F) will go up on[a] Mount Zion
to govern the mountains of Esau.
And the kingdom will be the Lord’s.(G)
Footnotes
- Obadiah 1:21 Or from
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