The Lord’s Love for Israel

An oracle:(A) The word of the Lord(B) to Israel through(C) Malachi.[a]

“I have loved you,”(D) says the Lord.

But you ask: “How have You loved us?”

“Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?”(E) This is the Lord’s declaration. “Even so, I loved Jacob,

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 1:1 = My Messenger

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

Israel Doubts God’s Love

“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)

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 1:1 Malachi means my messenger.