Malachi 1:2-3

New American Standard Bible 1995

² “I have ^(A)loved you,” says the Lord. But you say, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I ^(B)have loved Jacob; ³ but I have hated Esau, and I have ^(C)made his mountains a desolation and appointed his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness.”