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Malachi 1:3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Malachi 1:3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 [a](A)Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?—oracle of the Lord.
I loved Jacob, but rejected Esau;
I made his mountains a waste,
his heritage a desert for jackals.
Footnotes
- 1:3–5 The thought passes from the person Esau to his descendants, Edom, and from the person Jacob to his descendants, Israel; cf. Gn 25:21–23. In the New Testament, Paul uses this passage as an example of God’s freedom of choice in calling the Gentiles to faith (Rom 9:13).
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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