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Malachi 1:2
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Malachi 1:2
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The Lord's Love for Israel
2 (A)(B) Israel, I, the Lord, have loved you. And yet you ask in what way have I loved you. Don't forget that Esau was the brother of your ancestor Jacob, but I chose Jacob
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Malachi 1:2
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Malachi 1:2
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Israel Doubts God’s Love
2 “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)
Malachi 1:3
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Malachi 1:3
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3 instead of Esau. And I turned Esau's hill country into a barren desert where jackals[a] roam.
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- 1.3 jackals: Desert animals related to wolves, but smaller.
Malachi 1:3
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Malachi 1:3
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3 but Esau I have hated,(A) and I have turned his hill country into a wasteland(B) and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.(C)”
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