Malachi 1:2-5
New American Standard Bible
2 “I have (A)loved you,” says the Lord. But you say, “How have You loved us?” “Was Esau not 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 given his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness.” 4 Though Edom says, “We have been (D)beaten down, but we will [a](E)return and build up the ruins”; this is what the Lord of armies says: “They may (F)build, but I will tear down; and people will call them the [b]territory of wickedness, and the people [c]with whom the Lord is indignant (G)forever.” 5 And your eyes will see this, and you will say, “(H)The Lord [d]be exalted beyond the [e]border of Israel!”
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- Malachi 1:4 Or rebuild the ruins
- Malachi 1:4 Lit border of wickedness
- Malachi 1:4 Or whom the Lord has cursed
- Malachi 1:5 Or will be great
- Malachi 1:5 Or territory
Malachi 1:2-5
English Standard Version
The Lord's Love for Israel
2 (A)“I have loved you,” says the Lord. (B)But you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau (C)Jacob's brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet (D)I have loved Jacob 3 but Esau I have hated. (E)I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert.” 4 If Edom says, “We are shattered but we will rebuild the ruins,” the Lord of hosts says, “They may build, but I will tear down, and they will be called ‘the wicked country,’ and ‘the people with whom the Lord is angry forever.’” 5 (F)Your own eyes shall see this, and you shall say, “Great is the Lord beyond the border of Israel!”
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