Malachi 1:1-5
Names of God Bible
“I Loved Jacob, but Esau I Hated”
1 This is a divine revelation. Yahweh spoke his word to Israel through Malachi.
2 “I loved you,” says Yahweh.
“But you ask, ‘How did you love us?’
“Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares Yahweh. “I loved Jacob, 3 but Esau I hated. I turned his mountains into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the jackals in the desert.
4 “The descendants of Esau may say, ‘We have been beaten down, but we will rebuild the ruins.’
“Yet, this is what Yahweh Tsebaoth says: They may rebuild, but I will tear it down. They will be called ‘the Wicked Land’ and ‘the people with whom Yahweh is always angry.’ 5 You will see these things with your own eyes and say, ‘Even outside the borders of Israel Yahweh is great.’
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