Obadiah 19-21

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹⁹People from the Negev^[a] will take possession of the mountains of Esau, and those from the Shephelah^[b] will take possession of the land of the Philistines. They will take possession of the territory^[c] of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria. Benjamin will take possession of Gilead. ²⁰Those from the army of the people of Israel who have been exiles^[d] will take possession of the territory of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath,^[e] and the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad^[f] will take possession of the cities of the Negev. ²¹Saviors^[g] will go up on Mount Zion to judge the mountains of Esau, and the kingdom will belong to the Lord.

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Footnotes

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 1:21 Or, following the ancient versions, those who have been saved

Obadiah 19-21

New International Version

¹⁹People from the Negev will occupy
    the mountains of Esau,
and people from the foothills will possess
    the land of the Philistines.^(A)
They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria,^(B)
    and Benjamin^(C) will possess Gilead.
²⁰This company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaan
    will possess the land as far as Zarephath;^(D)
the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
    will possess the towns of the Negev.^(E)
²¹Deliverers^(F) will go up on^[a] Mount Zion
    to govern the mountains of Esau.
    And the kingdom will be the Lord’s.^(G)