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and I hated Esau; and made his mountains a desolation, and [gave] his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness.

If Edom say, We are broken down, but we will build again the ruined places,—thus saith Jehovah of hosts: They shall build, but I will throw down; and [men] shall call them the territory of wickedness, and the people against whom Jehovah hath indignation for ever.

And your eyes shall see [it], and ye shall say, Jehovah is magnified beyond the border of Israel.

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but Esau I have hated,(A) and I have turned his hill country into a wasteland(B) and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.(C)

Edom(D) may say, “Though we have been crushed, we will rebuild(E) the ruins.”

But this is what the Lord Almighty says: “They may build, but I will demolish.(F) They will be called the Wicked Land, a people always under the wrath of the Lord.(G) You will see it with your own eyes and say, ‘Great(H) is the Lord—even beyond the borders of Israel!’(I)

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