Obadiah 19-21
Holman Christian Standard Bible
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)
Footnotes
- Obadiah 1:19 = The house of Jacob
- Obadiah 1:20 Or of this host of the Israelites; Hb obscure
- Obadiah 1:21 Or Those who have been delivered
Obadiah 19-21
New Living Translation
19 “Then my people living in the Negev
will occupy the mountains of Edom.
Those living in the foothills of Judah[a]
will possess the Philistine plains
and take over the fields of Ephraim and Samaria.
And the people of Benjamin
will occupy the land of Gilead.
20 The exiles of Israel will return to their land
and occupy the Phoenician coast as far north as Zarephath.
The captives from Jerusalem exiled in the north[b]
will return home and resettle the towns of the Negev.
21 Those who have been rescued[c] will go up to[d] Mount Zion in Jerusalem
to rule over the mountains of Edom.
And the Lord himself will be king!”
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