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18 Then the house of Jacob will be a fire,
    and the house of Joseph a flame.
The house of Esau will be stubble;
    it will be set afire and consumed,
and no one of the house of Esau will survive,
    for the Lord has spoken.
19 My people from the Negeb[a]
    will occupy the mount of Esau,
and people from the lowlands
    will occupy the foothills
    of the land of the Philistines.
They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria,
    and Benjamin will possess Gilead.
20 The exiles of the Israelites
    will possess Phoenicia as far as Zarephath,[b]
and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
    will possess the towns of the Negeb.

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:19 Negeb: the extreme south of Palestine. Foothills: the Shephelah or coastal plain. Gilead: across the Jordan.
  2. Obadiah 1:20 Zarephath: in Phoenicia. Sepharad: unidentified.

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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