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18 The house of Jacob shall be a fire,
    and the house of Joseph a flame,
    and the house of Esau stubble;
they shall burn them and consume them,
    and there shall be no survivor to the house of Esau;
                for the Lord has spoken.
19 Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau,
    and those of the Shephe′lah the land of the Philistines;
they shall possess the land of E′phraim and the land of Samar′ia
    and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
20 The exiles in Halah[a] who are of the people of Israel
    shall possess[b] Phoenicia as far as Zar′ephath;
and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sephar′ad
    shall possess the cities of the Negeb.

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:20 Cn: Heb this army
  2. Obadiah 1:20 Cn: Heb which

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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