Malachi 1:2-5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
2 “I have loved you,”(A) says the Lord.
But you ask: “How have You loved us?”
“Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?”(B) This is the Lord’s declaration. “Even so, I loved Jacob, 3 but I hated Esau.(C) I turned his mountains into a wasteland, and gave his inheritance to the desert jackals.”(D)
4 Though Edom says: “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild[a] the ruins,” the Lord of Hosts says this: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called a wicked country(E) and the people the Lord has cursed[b] forever.(F) 5 Your own eyes will see this, and you yourselves will say, ‘The Lord is great, even beyond[c] the borders of Israel.’(G)
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- Malachi 1:4 Or will return and build
- Malachi 1:4 Or Lord is angry with
- Malachi 1:5 Or great over
Malachi 1:2-5
Lexham English Bible
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[a] Yahweh. “I have loved Jacob, 3 but Esau I have hated. I have made his[b] mountain ranges a desolation, and given his inheritance to the jackals of the desert.” 4 If Edom says, “We are shattered, but we will return and rebuild the ruins,” Yahweh of hosts says this: “They may build, but I will tear down; and they will be called a territory of wickedness, and the people with whom Yahweh is angry forever.” 5 Your eyes will see this, and you will say, “Yahweh is great beyond the borders[c] of Israel.”
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- Malachi 1:2 Literally “declaration of”
- Malachi 1:3 That is, “Esau’s”
- Malachi 1:5 Hebrew “boundary”
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