Malachi 1:2-4

Evangelical Heritage Version

An Oracle From the Lord:
God’s Love for Israel

² I have loved you, says the Lord.

But you say, “How have you loved us?”

Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? declares the Lord. I loved Jacob, ³ but I hated Esau. I turned Esau’s mountains into a desolate place, and I turned the territory he possessed over to the wild jackals.

⁴ Edom will certainly say, “We have been beaten down, but we will return, and we will rebuild the ruins.”

This is what the Lord of Armies says. They may rebuild, but I will tear it down. Edom will be called a wicked territory, and the Edomites will be called the people whom the Lord has denounced forever.