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Malachi 1:3-5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Malachi 1:3-5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
3 but I hated Esau.(A) I turned his mountains into a wasteland, and gave his inheritance to the desert jackals.”(B)
4 Though Edom says: “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild[a] the ruins,” the Lord of Hosts says this: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called a wicked country(C) and the people the Lord has cursed[b] forever.(D) 5 Your own eyes will see this, and you yourselves will say, ‘The Lord is great, even beyond[c] the borders of Israel.’(E)
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- Malachi 1:4 Or will return and build
- Malachi 1:4 Or Lord is angry with
- Malachi 1:5 Or great over
Malachi 1:3-5
New International Version
Malachi 1:3-5
New International Version
3 but Esau I have hated,(A) and I have turned his hill country into a wasteland(B) and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.(C)”
4 Edom(D) may say, “Though we have been crushed, we will rebuild(E) the ruins.”
But this is what the Lord Almighty says: “They may build, but I will demolish.(F) They will be called the Wicked Land, a people always under the wrath of the Lord.(G) 5 You will see it with your own eyes and say, ‘Great(H) is the Lord—even beyond the borders of Israel!’(I)
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