Malachi 1:1-3

GOD’S WORD Translation

“I Loved Jacob, but Esau I Hated”

1 This is a divine revelation. The Lord spoke his word to Israel through Malachi.

² “I loved you,” says the Lord.

“But you ask, ‘How did you love us?’

“Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “I loved Jacob, ³ but Esau I hated. I turned his mountains into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the jackals in the desert.