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The Lord’s Love for Israel

I have loved you, says the Lord,
    but you ask, “How have you shown your love?”
Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? asks the Lord.
    Even so, I loved Jacob but I hated Esau.
I reduced his hill country into a wasteland
    and made his heritage into a desert for jackals.

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Israel Doubts God’s Love

“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) 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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