Malachi 1:1-2

21st Century King James Version

1 The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by the hand of Malachi.

²“I have loved you,” saith the Lord. “Yet ye say, ‘Wherein hast Thou loved us?’ Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” saith the Lord. “Yet I loved 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)

21st Century King James Version (KJ21)

New International Version (NIV)