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Malachi 1:1-3
Lexham English Bible
Malachi 1:1-3
Lexham English Bible
1 An oracle.[a] The word of Yahweh to Israel through[b] Malachi.[c]
An Oracle Against Edom
2 “I have loved you,” says Yahweh, but you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is Esau not Jacob’s brother?” declares[d] Yahweh. “I have loved Jacob, 3 but Esau I have hated. I have made his[e] mountain ranges a desolation, and given his inheritance to the jackals of the desert.”
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- Malachi 1:1 Literally “A burden”
- Malachi 1:1 Literally “by the hand of”
- Malachi 1:1 The name “Malachi” means “my messenger” in Hebrew
- Malachi 1:2 Literally “declaration of”
- Malachi 1:3 That is, “Esau’s”
Malachi 1:1-3
New International Version
Malachi 1:1-3
New International Version
1 A prophecy:(A) The word(B) of the Lord to Israel through Malachi.[a]
Israel Doubts God’s Love
2 “I have loved(C) you,” says the Lord.
“But you ask,(D) ‘How have you loved us?’
“Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob,(E) 3 but Esau I have hated,(F) and I have turned his hill country into a wasteland(G) and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.(H)”
Footnotes
- Malachi 1:1 Malachi means my messenger.
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