Malachi 1:3-5

New International Reader's Version

³ instead of Esau. I have turned Esau’s hill country into a dry and empty land. I left that land of Edom to the wild dogs in the desert.”

⁴ Edom might say, “We have been crushed. But we’ll rebuild our cities.”

The Lord who rules over all says, “They might rebuild their cities. But I will destroy them. They will be called the Evil Land. My anger will always remain on them. ⁵ You will see it with your own eyes. You will say, ‘The Lord is great! He rules even beyond the borders of Israel!’