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1:17 Yisrael’s victory

Both kingdoms

17 But on Mt. Tsiyyon (‘Zion’), there’ll be deliverance,

and it will be holy,

≈ Yisrael’s people will reclaim their possessions.

18 Yisrael’s people will be a fire,

≈ and Yosef’s descendants will be a flame.

None of Esau’s descendants will survive,

because Yahweh has spoken.

19 The people from the Negev will take ownership of Esau’s mountain,

≈ and the people from the Shefelah will take ownership of the Philistines’ land.

They will recapture the Efrayim and Samarian countrysides,

≈ and the people of Benyamin will recapture Gilead.

20 Yisrael’s exiles will take ownership of the Canaanites’ land as far as Tsarefat,

≈ and the exiles from Yerushalem (who are in Sefarad) will take ownership of the cities of the Negev.

21 The rescuers will go up Mt. Tsiyyon /Zion to judge Esau’s mountain.

and Yahweh will be their king.

17 And_on_the _mountain _of Tsiyyōn/(Zion) it _will _be deliverance and_it _was a _holy _place and_ the _house _of _they _will _take _possession _of Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) DOM possessions _of_their.
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18 and_it _was the _house _of Yaˊₐqoⱱ a _fire and_the _house _of Yōşēf/(Joseph) will _be_a _flame and_the _house _of Esau will_become_(into)_stubble and_they _will _burn in/among_them and_they_will _consume _them and_not he _will _belong[fn][fn] a _survivor to_the _house _of Esau if/because YHWH he _has _spoken.

19 And_they _will _take _possession _of the_Negeⱱ DOM the _mountain _of Esau and_the_Shephelah DOM Fəlishtiy and_they _will _take _possession _of DOM the _region _of ʼEfrayim and_DOM the _region _of Shomrōn and_Binyāmīn DOM (the)_Gilˊād.

20 And_the _exile[s]_of the _fortress the_this of_the _people _of of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) that_which is _of _the_Kənaˊₐnī/(Kənaˊₐnī/(Canaanite)s) to Tsₑrəfat/(Zarephath) and_the _exile[s]_of Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) who are_in_Şəfārād they _will _take _possession _of DOM the _cities _of the _Negeⱱ.

21 And_they _will _go _up deliverers on_the _mountain _of Tsiyyōn/(Zion) to_rule DOM the _mountain _of Esau and_it _will _belong to/for_YHWH the_royalty.

1:17 OSHB note: We agree with both BHS 1997 and BHQ on an unexpected reading.

1:18 OSHB note: We read one or more accents in L differently from BHQ.

1:18 OSHB note: We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.

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Yisrael’s victory

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