Mal 1:2 | HCSB | STEP | “I have loved you,” says the Lord .But you ask : “How have You loved us?” “Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother ?” This is the Lord ’s declaration . “Even so, I loved Jacob ,

a Dt 4:37; 7:6-8; 10:14-15; Neh 13:26; Ps 78:68

Malachi 1:2

2 “I have loved you,” ^a says the Lord.But you ask: “How have You loved us?”“Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” ^b This is the Lord’s declaration. “Even so, I loved Jacob,