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19 My people from the Negeb[a]
    will occupy the mount of Esau,
and people from the lowlands
    will occupy the foothills
    of the land of the Philistines.
They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria,
    and Benjamin will possess Gilead.
20 The exiles of the Israelites
    will possess Phoenicia as far as Zarephath,[b]
and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
    will possess the towns of the Negeb.
21 Those who have been saved
    will ascend Mount Zion
to rule over the mountains of Esau,
    and dominion will belong to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:19 Negeb: the extreme south of Palestine. Foothills: the Shephelah or coastal plain. Gilead: across the Jordan.
  2. Obadiah 1:20 Zarephath: in Phoenicia. Sepharad: unidentified.