Malachi 1:2-4

New Century Version

God Loves Israel

² The Lord said, “I have loved you.”

But you ask, “How have you loved us?”

The Lord said, “Esau and Jacob were brothers. I loved Jacob, ³ but I hated Esau. I destroyed his mountain country and left his land to the wild dogs of the desert.”

⁴ The people of Edom might say, “We were destroyed, but we will go back and rebuild the ruins.”

But the Lord All-Powerful says, “If they rebuild them, I will destroy them. People will say, ‘Edom is a wicked country. The Lord is always angry with the Edomites.’