18 The people of Jacob will be like a fireand the people of Joseph like a flame.But the people of Esau will be like dry stalks.The people of Jacob will set them on fire and burn them up.There will be no one left of the people of Esau.”This will happen because the Lord has said it.
19 Then God’s people will regain southern Judah from Edom;they will take back the mountains of Edom.They will take back the western hillsfrom the Philistines.They will regain the lands of Ephraim and Samaria,and Benjamin will take over Gilead.
20 People from Israel who once were forced to leave their homeswill take the land of the Canaanites,all the way to Zarephath.People from Judah who once were forced to leave Jerusalem and live in Sepharadwill take back the cities of southern Judah.
21 Powerful warriors will go up on Mount Zion,where they will rule the people living on Edom’s mountains.And the kingdom will belong to the Lord.