Malachi 1:1-5
1The oracle of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi. ▼▼ Malachi means my messenger
The Lord’s Love for Israel
2 b“I have loved you,” says the Lord. cBut you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau dJacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet eI have loved Jacob 3but Esau I have hated. fI have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert.” 4If Edom says, “We are shattered but we will rebuild the ruins,” the Lord of hosts says, “They may build, but I will tear down, and they will be called ‘the wicked country,’ and ‘the people with whom the Lord is angry forever.’” 5 gYour own eyes shall see this, and you shall say, “Great is the Lord beyond the border of Israel!”
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