Obadiah 18-20
Evangelical Heritage Version
18 The house of Jacob will be a fire, the house of Joseph a flame, but the house of Esau will be stubble. The Israelites[a] set them on fire and consume them. There will not be any survivors for the house of Esau.
Yes, the Lord has spoken.
19 People from the Negev[b] will take possession of the mountains of Esau, and those from the Shephelah[c] will take possession of the land of the Philistines. They will take possession of the territory[d] of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria. Benjamin will take possession of Gilead. 20 Those from the army of the people of Israel who have been exiles[e] will take possession of the territory of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath,[f] and the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad[g] will take possession of the cities of the Negev.
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- Obadiah 1:18 The subject the Israelites is supplied for clarity. The Hebrew text reads they.
- Obadiah 1:19 The dry southern wilderness of Judah
- Obadiah 1:19 The western foothills of Judah
- Obadiah 1:19 Literally fields
- Obadiah 1:20 The Hebrew of this verse is difficult.
- Obadiah 1:20 A city near the northern border of Israel
- Obadiah 1:20 An unknown distant location, perhaps as far away as Spain
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