Malachi 1:1-3

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1 This ·message [oracle; burden] is the word of the Lord given to Israel through Malachi [^C“my messenger”].

God Loves Israel

² The Lord said, “I have loved you.”

But you ask, “How have you loved us?”

The Lord said, “Esau and Jacob were brothers. I loved Jacob, ³ but I ·hated [rejected] Esau [Gen. 25:19–34]. I ·destroyed [laid waste] his mountain country and left his ·land [inheritance] to the ·wild dogs [jackals] of the ·desert [wilderness].”