The Kingdom of the Lord

19 Those of (A)the Negeb (B)shall possess (C)Mount Esau,
    and those of the Shephelah shall possess (D)the land of the Philistines;
they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of (E)Samaria,
    and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
20 The exiles of this host of the people of Israel
    shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as (F)Zarephath,
and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
    shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
21 (G)Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion
    to rule (H)Mount Esau,
    and (I)the kingdom shall be the Lord's.

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19 People 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.
20 This 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)
21 Deliverers(F) will go up on[a] Mount Zion
    to govern the mountains of Esau.
    And the kingdom will be the Lord’s.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:21 Or from