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1:17 Israel’s victory

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

and it will be holy,

≈Israel’s people will reclaim their possessions.

18 Israel’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 Efraim and Samarian countrysides,

≈and the people of Benyamin will recapture Gilead.

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

≈and the exiles from Yerushalem (who’re 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_in/on/at/with_mount of _Tsiyyōn/(Zion) it _will _be deliverance and_it _was a _holy _place and_possess the _house Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) DOM possessions_them.
[fn] 18 and_it _was the _house of_Yaˊₐqoⱱ a _fire and_house of _Yōşēf/(Joseph) [will _be]_a _flame and_house of _ˊĒsāv as_stubble and_set _onfire in/among_them and_consume_them and_not he _will _belong[fn][fn] a _survivor of_house of _ˊĒsāv if/because YHWH he _has _spoken.
19 And_possess the_Negeⱱ DOM the _mountain of _ˊĒsāv and_the_shəfēlāh DOM Fəlishəttiy and_possess DOM the _region of _ʼEfrayim and_DOM the _region of _Shomrōn and_Binyāmīn DOM the_Gilˊād.
20 And_exiles the_host the_this of_people of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) [that]_which [is _of _the]_Kənaˊₐnī to Tsₑrəfat/(Zarephath) and_exiles of _Yərūshālayim/(Jerusalem) who in/on/at/with_Şəfārād they _will _take _possession _of DOM the _cities the_Negeⱱ.
21 And_go _up deliverers in/on/at/with_mount of _Tsiyyōn to_rule DOM the _mountain of _ˊĒsāv and_be to/for_YHWH the_royalty.

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

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

1:18 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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Israel’s victory

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