Mal 1:4 | HCSB | STEP | Though Edom says : “We have been devastated , but we will rebuild the ruins ,” the Lord of Hosts says this : “They may build , but I will demolish . They will be called a wicked country and the people the Lord has cursed forever .

e Isa 34:5-17; Jr 49:17-18; Mal 1:14; 2:2; 3:9; 4:6

Malachi 1:4

4 Though Edom says: “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild ^{▼▼Or will return and build} the ruins,” the Lord of ^{▼▼Hosts/hosts: Military forces consisting of God's angels, sometimes including the sun, moon, and stars, and occasionally, Israel}Hosts says this: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called a wicked country ^c and the people the Lord has cursed ^{▼▼Or Lord is angry with} forever. ^e