18. Jacob will be a fireand Joseph a flame;Esau will be stubble,and they will set him on fire and destroy him.There will be no survivorsfrom Esau.’The Lord has spoken.
19. People from the Negev will occupythe mountains of Esau,and people from the foothills will possessthe land of the Philistines.They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria,and Benjamin will possess Gilead.
20. This company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaanwill possess the land as far as Zarephath;the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharadwill possess the towns of the Negev.
21. Deliverers will go up on Mount Zionto govern the mountains of Esau.And the kingdom will be the Lord’s.Footnotes for the Book of Obadiah