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
International Standard Version
2 “I’ve loved you,” says the Lord. “But you ask, ‘How have you loved us?’
“Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord, “yet I loved Jacob, 3 hated Esau, turned his mountains into a wasteland, and gave[a] his inheritance to desert jackals. 4 Even though Edom may claim, ‘We were crushed, but we will return and rebuild the ruins,’ this is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies says: “They may rebuild, but I’ll demolish. People[b] will call them, ‘The Wicked Land,’ and, ‘The People With Whom the Lord is Forever Angry.’ 5 Your own eyes will see this, and you will say, ‘Great is the Lord even beyond the borders of Israel!’”
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- Malachi 1:3 The Heb. lacks gave
- Malachi 1:4 Lit. they
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