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Obadiah contrasts the “house of Jacob” with the “house of Esau,” presenting Jacob as the people who will be restored and Esau as the people judged (Obadiah 1:17–18). He says the house of Jacob will be a fire and the house of Esau stubble, leaving “no survivor for the house of Esau” (Obadiah 1:18).
17But in Mount Zion, there will be those who escape, and it will be holy. The house of Jacob will possess their possessions.
18The house of Jacob will be a fire, the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble. They will burn among them, and devour them. There will not be any remaining to the house of Esau." Indeed, Yahweh has spoken.