Future Blessing for Israel

19 People from the Negev will possess(A)
the hill country of Esau;(B)
those from the Judean foothills will possess
the land of the Philistines.(C)
They[a] will possess
the territories of Ephraim and Samaria,(D)
while Benjamin will possess Gilead.
20 The exiles of the Israelites who are in Halah[b]
and who are among the Canaanites as far as Zarephath(E)
as well as the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
will possess the cities of the Negev.(F)
21 Saviors[c] will ascend Mount Zion(G)
to rule over the hill country of Esau,
but the kingdom will be the Lord’s.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:19 = The house of Jacob
  2. Obadiah 1:20 Or of this host of the Israelites; Hb obscure
  3. Obadiah 1:21 Or Those who have been delivered

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