Obadiah 19-21
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,
and the kingdom will be the Lord’s.(H)
Obadiah 19-21
International Standard Version
19 “Those in the Negev[a] will possess Esau’s Mountain,
and those in the Shephelah[b] the Philistines.
They will possess the fields of Ephraim
and the fields of Samaria,
while Benjamin will possess the territory of[c] Gilead.
20 The exiles, the Israeli host,
will possess the territory of the[d] Canaanites all the way to Zarephath.
The exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad[e]
will possess the cities of the Negev.[f]
21 Deliverers will assemble on Mount Zion to judge Esau’s Mountain,
and to the Lord will the kingdom belong!”
Footnotes
- Obadiah 1:19 I.e. southern region of Israel; cf. Josh 10:40
- Obadiah 1:19 I.e. the verdant central lowlands of Israel; cf. Josh 10:40
- Obadiah 1:19 The Heb. lacks will possess the territory of
- Obadiah 1:20 The Heb. lacks the territory of
- Obadiah 1:20 I.e. perhaps Sardis, capital of Lydia, Saparda in eastern Assyria, Sparta in Greece, or a location in Spain (so Targ of Jonathan)
- Obadiah 1:20 I.e. southern region of Israel; cf. Josh 10:40
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