Malachi 1:1-3
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
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
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
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
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