Obadiah 1:20 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁰ The exiles in Halah who are of the people of Israel shall possess Phoenicia as far as Zarephath; and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the Negeb.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ And the exiles of this host of the children of Israel who are among the Canaanites shall possess [Phoenicia] as far as Zarephath, and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the South (the Negeb).

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ And the captives of this host of the children of Israel, that are among the Canaanites, shall possess even unto Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem, that are in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the South.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Those who remain of the Israelites will possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath; and those left from Jerusalem and who are now living in Sepharad will possess the cities of the arid southern plain.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ And the exiles of this army of the sons of Israel, all the places of the Canaanites all the way to Sarepta, and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Bosphoro, will possess the cities of the South.

Obadiah 1:20 Cross References

Luke 4:26

and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

Jeremiah 33:13

In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the Shephelah, and in the cities of the Negeb, in the land of Benjamin, the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, flocks shall again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 32:44

Fields shall be bought for money, and deeds shall be signed and sealed and witnessed, in the land of Benjamin, in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the Shephelah, and in the cities of the Negeb; for I will restore their fortunes, says the Lord.”

Jeremiah 33:26

then I will reject the descendants of Jacob and David my servant and will not choose one of his descendants to rule over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes, and will have mercy upon them.”

Jeremiah 13:19

The cities of the Negeb are shut up, with none to open them; all Judah is taken into exile, wholly taken into exile.

Jeremiah 3:18

In those days the house of Judah shall join the house of Israel, and together they shall come from the land of the north to the land that I gave your fathers for a heritage.

Ezekiel 36:12

Yea, I will let men walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and you shall no longer bereave them of children.