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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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Footnotes

  1. 19 Hebrew the Shephelah.
  2. 20 Hebrew in Sepharad.
  3. 21a As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads Rescuers.
  4. 21b Or from.

The Kingdom of Yahweh

19 Then those of the [a]Negev will (A)possess the mountain of Esau,
And those of the [b]Shephelah, the (B)Philistine plain;
And they will (C)possess the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria,
And Benjamin will possess Gilead.
20 And the exiles of this [c]military force of the sons of Israel,
Who are among the Canaanites as far as (D)Zarephath,
And the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad,
Will possess the (E)cities of the Negev.
21 And the (F)saviors will ascend Mount Zion
To judge the mountain of Esau,
And the (G)kingdom will belong to Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:19 South country
  2. Obadiah 1:19 Or lowland
  3. Obadiah 1:20 Or rampart