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19 Those of the South will possess the mountain of Esau, and those of the lowland, the Philistines. They will possess the field of Ephraim, and the field of Samaria. Benjamin will possess Gilead. 20 The captives of this army of the children of Israel, who are among the Canaanites, will possess even to Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem, who are in Sepharad, will possess the cities of the Negev. 21 Saviors will go up on Mount Zion to judge the mountains of Esau, and the kingdom will be Yahweh’s.

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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.