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Malachi 1:1-3
Revised Standard Version
Malachi 1:1-3
Revised Standard Version
1 The oracle of the word of the Lord to Israel by Mal′achi.[a]
Israel Preferred to Edom
2 “I have loved you,” says the Lord. But you say, “How hast thou loved us?” “Is not Esau Jacob’s brother?” says the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob 3 but I have hated Esau; I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert.”
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- Malachi 1:1 Or my messenger
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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