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Malachi 1:2-3
Lexham English Bible
Malachi 1:2-3
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.”
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- Malachi 1:2 Literally “declaration of”
- Malachi 1:3 That is, “Esau’s”
Malachi 1:2-3
New International Version
Malachi 1:2-3
New International Version
Israel Doubts God’s Love
2 “I have loved(A) you,” says the Lord.
“But you ask,(B) ‘How have you loved us?’
“Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob,(C) 3 but Esau I have hated,(D) and I have turned his hill country into a wasteland(E) and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.(F)”
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