Obadiah 19-21

New King James Version

¹⁹The ^[a]South ^(A)shall possess the mountains of Esau,
^(B)And the Lowland shall possess Philistia.
They shall possess the fields of Ephraim
And the fields of Samaria.
Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
²⁰And the captives of this host of the children of Israel
Shall possess the land of the Canaanites
As ^(C)far as Zarephath.
The captives of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
^(D)Shall possess the cities of the ^[b]South.
²¹Then ^(E)saviors^[c] shall come to Mount Zion
To judge the mountains of Esau,
And the ^(F)kingdom shall be the Lord’s.

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Footnotes

Obadiah 1:19 Heb. Negev
Obadiah 1:20 Heb. Negev
Obadiah 1:21 deliverers

Obadiah 19-21

New International Version

¹⁹People from the Negev will occupy
    the mountains of Esau,
and people from the foothills will possess
    the land of the Philistines.^(A)
They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria,^(B)
    and Benjamin^(C) will possess Gilead.
²⁰This company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaan
    will possess the land as far as Zarephath;^(D)
the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
    will possess the towns of the Negev.^(E)
²¹Deliverers^(F) will go up on^[a] Mount Zion
    to govern the mountains of Esau.
    And the kingdom will be the Lord’s.^(G)