Obadiah 19-21

Expanded Bible

¹⁹ ·Then God’s people will regain southern Judah from Edom;
    they will take back [^LThe Negev shall possess] the mountains of ·Edom [^LEsau].
·They will take back the western hills
    from [^LThe Shephelah/foothills shall possess] the Philistines.
They will ·regain [possess] the ·lands [^Lfields] of Ephraim and Samaria,
    and Benjamin will ·take over [possess] Gilead [^Ceast of the Jordan River].
²⁰ ·People from [^LThis host of the sons/^Tchildren of] Israel who once were ·forced to leave their homes [exiled]
    will take the land of the Canaanites,
    all the way to Zarephath [^Cin Phoenicia in the far northeast].
·People from Judah who once were forced to leave Jerusalem and [^LThe exiles of Jerusalem who] live in Sepharad [^Cunknown location, perhaps Sardis (in present-day Turkey)]
    will take back the cities of ·southern Judah [^Lthe Negev].
²¹ ·Powerful warriors [Deliverers; Saviors; or Those who have been rescued/delivered] will go up on Mount Zion,
    where they will rule ·the people living on Edom’s mountains [^LMount Esau].
And the kingdom will belong to the Lord.