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20 The exiles of this Israelite army will possess the Canaanite land as far as Zarephath,[a] and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the cities of the Negeb. 21 And deliverers[b] will ascend Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau, and the kingship shall be the Lord’s.

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  1. 20 Zarephath: a town in Phoenicia, north of Tyre; cf. 1 Kgs 17:10. Sepharad: perhaps Sardis in western Asia Minor. The later rabbis thought it was Spain.
  2. 21 Deliverers: the victorious Israelites who will rule over their enemies, as the ancient judges did; cf. Jgs 3:9, 15, 31; 10:1.

20 This company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaan
    will possess the land as far as Zarephath;(A)
the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
    will possess the towns of the Negev.(B)
21 Deliverers(C) will go up on[a] Mount Zion
    to govern the mountains of Esau.
    And the kingdom will be the Lord’s.(D)

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  1. Obadiah 1:21 Or from