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Obadiah 1:18 (MSG)

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18 That's when the family of Jacob will catch fire, the family of Joseph become fierce flame, while the family of Esau will be straw. Esau will go up in flames, nothing left of Esau but a pile of ashes." GOD said it, and it is so.

Definition(s):
Esau (Ee-saw): he that acts or finishes
Jacob (Jeh-kobb): that supplants, undermines; the heel
Joseph (Joh-sef): increase; addition