Malachi 1:1-2

Easy-to-Read Version

1 This is a message from the Lord to Israel. God used Malachi to tell this message to the people.

²The Lord said, “I love you people.”

But you said, “What shows you love us?”

The Lord said, “Esau was Jacob’s brother, but I chose^[a] Jacob.

Malachi 1:1-2

New International Version

1 A prophecy:^(A) The word^(B) of the Lord to Israel through Malachi.^[a]

²“I have loved^(C) you,” says the Lord.

“But you ask,^(D) ‘How have you loved us?’

“Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob,^(E)

Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

New International Version (NIV)