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18 The family of Jacob will be like a fire.
    The nation of Joseph will be like a flame.
But the nation of Esau[a] will be like ashes.
    The people of Judah will burn Edom,
    and they will destroy it.
Then there will be no survivors in the nation of Esau.”
    This will happen because the Lord said it would.
19 Then people from the Negev will live on the mountain of Esau.
    And people from the foothills will take the Philistine lands.
They will live in the land of Ephraim and Samaria.
    Gilead will belong to Benjamin.
20 People from Israel were forced to leave their homes,
    but they will take back the land of Canaan, all the way to Zarephath.
People from Judah were forced to leave Jerusalem and live in Sepharad.[b]
    But they will take back the cities of the Negev.

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:18 nation of Esau Literally, “the house of Esau.”
  2. Obadiah 1:20 Sepharad This is probably Spain.

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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