Malachi 1:2
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Israel Doubts God’s Love
2 “I have loved(A) you,” says the Lord.
“But you ask,(B) ‘How have you loved us?’
“Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob,(C)
Isaiah 41:8-9
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Jeremiah 31:3
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3 The Lord appeared to us in the past,[a] saying:
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 31:3 Or Lord has appeared to us from afar
Deuteronomy 10:15
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15 Yet the Lord set his affection on your ancestors and loved(A) them, and he chose you,(B) their descendants, above all the nations—as it is today.(C)
Malachi 3:13-14
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Israel Speaks Arrogantly Against God
13 “You have spoken arrogantly(A) against me,” says the Lord.
“Yet you ask,(B) ‘What have we said against you?’
14 “You have said, ‘It is futile(C) to serve(D) God. What do we gain by carrying out his requirements(E) and going about like mourners(F) before the Lord Almighty?
Romans 11:28-29
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28 As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies(A) for your sake; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs,(B) 29 for God’s gifts and his call(C) are irrevocable.(D)
Romans 9:10-13
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10 Not only that, but Rebekah’s children were conceived at the same time by our father Isaac.(A) 11 Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad(B)—in order that God’s purpose(C) in election might stand: 12 not by works but by him who calls—she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”[a](D) 13 Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”[b](E)
Footnotes
- Romans 9:12 Gen. 25:23
- Romans 9:13 Mal. 1:2,3
Malachi 3:7-8
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7 Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away(A) from my decrees and have not kept them. Return(B) to me, and I will return to you,”(C) says the Lord Almighty.
“But you ask,(D) ‘How are we to return?’
8 “Will a mere mortal rob(E) God? Yet you rob me.
“But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’
“In tithes(F) and offerings.
Deuteronomy 32:8-14
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8 When the Most High(A) gave the nations their inheritance,
when he divided all mankind,(B)
he set up boundaries(C) for the peoples
according to the number of the sons of Israel.[a](D)
9 For the Lord’s portion(E) is his people,
Jacob his allotted inheritance.(F)
10 In a desert(G) land he found him,
in a barren and howling waste.(H)
He shielded(I) him and cared for him;
he guarded him as the apple of his eye,(J)
11 like an eagle that stirs up its nest
and hovers over its young,(K)
that spreads its wings to catch them
and carries them aloft.(L)
12 The Lord alone led(M) him;(N)
no foreign god was with him.(O)
13 He made him ride on the heights(P) of the land
and fed him with the fruit of the fields.
He nourished him with honey from the rock,(Q)
and with oil(R) from the flinty crag,
14 with curds and milk from herd and flock
and with fattened lambs and goats,
with choice rams of Bashan(S)
and the finest kernels of wheat.(T)
You drank the foaming blood of the grape.(U)
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:8 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) sons of God
Deuteronomy 7:6-8
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6 For you are a people holy(A) to the Lord your God.(B) The Lord your God has chosen(C) you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.(D)
7 The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous(E) than other peoples, for you were the fewest(F) of all peoples.(G) 8 But it was because the Lord loved(H) you and kept the oath he swore(I) to your ancestors that he brought you out with a mighty hand(J) and redeemed(K) you from the land of slavery,(L) from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 4:37
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37 Because he loved(A) your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength,(B)
Malachi 2:17
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Breaking Covenant Through Injustice
17 You have wearied(A) the Lord with your words.
“How have we wearied him?” you ask.(B)
By saying, “All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased(C) with them” or “Where is the God of justice?(D)”
Malachi 1:6-7
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Breaking Covenant Through Blemished Sacrifices
6 “A son honors his father,(A) and a slave his master.(B) If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect(C) due me?” says the Lord Almighty.(D)
“It is you priests who show contempt for my name.
“But you ask,(E) ‘How have we shown contempt for your name?’
7 “By offering defiled food(F) on my altar.
“But you ask,(G) ‘How have we defiled you?’
“By saying that the Lord’s table(H) is contemptible.
Jeremiah 2:31
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31 “You of this generation, consider the word of the Lord:
Jeremiah 2:5
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5 This is what the Lord says:
Isaiah 43:4
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Genesis 48:4
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4 and said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful and increase your numbers.(A) I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land(B) as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.’(C)
Genesis 32:28-30
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28 Then the man said, “Your name(A) will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,[a](B) because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”(C)
29 Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.”(D)
But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?”(E) Then he blessed(F) him there.
30 So Jacob called the place Peniel,[b] saying, “It is because I saw God face to face,(G) and yet my life was spared.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 32:28 Israel probably means he struggles with God.
- Genesis 32:30 Peniel means face of God.
Genesis 28:13-14
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13 There above it[a] stood the Lord,(A) and he said: “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac.(B) I will give you and your descendants the land(C) on which you are lying.(D) 14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you(E) will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south.(F) All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.[b](G)
Footnotes
- Genesis 28:13 Or There beside him
- Genesis 28:14 Or will use your name and the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)
Genesis 28:3-4
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3 May God Almighty[a](A) bless(B) you and make you fruitful(C) and increase your numbers(D) until you become a community of peoples. 4 May he give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham,(E) so that you may take possession of the land(F) where you now reside as a foreigner,(G) the land God gave to Abraham.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 28:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai
Genesis 27:33
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33 Isaac trembled violently and said, “Who was it, then, that hunted game and brought it to me?(A) I ate it just before you came and I blessed him—and indeed he will be blessed!(B)”
Genesis 27:27-30
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27 So he went to him and kissed(A) him(B). When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes,(C) he blessed him and said,
“Ah, the smell of my son
is like the smell of a field
that the Lord has blessed.(D)
28 May God give you heaven’s dew(E)
and earth’s richness(F)—
an abundance of grain(G) and new wine.(H)
29 May nations serve you
and peoples bow down to you.(I)
Be lord over your brothers,
and may the sons of your mother bow down to you.(J)
May those who curse you be cursed
and those who bless you be blessed.(K)”
30 After Isaac finished blessing him, and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, his brother Esau came in from hunting.
Genesis 25:23
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23 The Lord said to her,
Luke 10:29
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29 But he wanted to justify himself,(A) so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
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