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Obadiah 18-20
Evangelical Heritage Version
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
Obadiah 18-20
New International Version
Obadiah 18-20
New International Version
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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