Mal 1:2-5 | NASB | e4.org | “I have loved you,” says the Lord . But you say , “ How have You loved us?” “ Was not Esau Jacob’s brother ?” declares the Lord . “Yet I have loved Jacob ;

‏ Malachi 1:2-5

2 “I have ^aloved you,” says the Lord. But you say, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I ^bhave loved Jacob; 3 but I have hated Esau, and I have ^cmade his mountains a desolation and appointed his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness.” 4 Though Edom says, “We have been ^dbeaten down, but we will ^{▼▼ Or rebuild the ruins
,} ^freturn and build up the ruins”; thus says the Lord of hosts, “They may ^gbuild, but I will tear down; and men will call them the ^{▼▼ Lit border of wickedness}wicked territory, and the people ^{▼▼ Or whom the Lord has cursed}toward whom the Lord is indignant ^jforever.” 5 Your eyes will see this and you will say, ^k“The Lord ^{▼▼ Or will be great}be magnified beyond the ^{▼▼ Or territory}border of Israel!”