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Malachi 1:3

Esau

1 This is the burden of the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi:

2 “I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,

but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”

4 Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.

5 You will see this with your own eyes, and you yourselves will say, ‘The LORD is great—even beyond the borders of Israel.’”

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”
KJV
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
WEB
but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.”
ASV
but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and [gave] his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.
DARBY
and I hated Esau; and made his mountains a desolation, and [gave] his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness.
BLB
and Esau I have hated, and I set his mountains [as] a desolation and his inheritance for the jackals of the desert.”
ÅB
men hatet Esau og gjort hans fjell til en ørken og hans arv til en bolig for ørkenens sjakaler.
OTB
men Esau har jeg hatet, og jeg har gjort hans fjell til en ødemark og gitt hans arv til ørkenens sjakaler."
B1930
men hatet Esau og gjort hans fjell til en ørken og hans arv til en bolig for ørkenens sjakaler.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Obadiah 1:10

    Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.

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  • Joel 3:19

    Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.

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  • Ezekiel 35:3–4

    and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste.

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  • Jeremiah 49:16–18

    The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.

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  • Ezekiel 36:14–15

    therefore you will no longer devour men or deprive your nation of its children, declares the Lord GOD.

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  • Ezekiel 36:3–4

    therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers,

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  • Jeremiah 51:37

    Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.

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  • Jeremiah 49:10

    But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more.

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