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18 The house of Jacob shall be a fire,
    the house of Joseph a flame,
but the house of Esau stubble;
    they shall burn them and consume them,
and there shall be no survivors
    from the house of Esau,
    for the Lord has spoken.

The Restoration of Israel

19 Those of the Negev shall possess
    Mount Esau,
and those of the Shephelah the land
    of the Philistines.
They shall possess the fields of Ephraim and the fields of Samaria,
    and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
20 The exiles of this army of the sons of Israel,
    shall inherit the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath,
and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
    shall inherit the cities of the Negev.

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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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