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Chapter 1

[a]An oracle. The word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi.

Israel Preferred to Edom

(A)I love you, says the Lord;
    but you say, “How do you love us?”

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Footnotes

  1. 1:1 See note on Zec 9:1.

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.