1
The
oracle of the
word of the
LORD to
Israel through Malachi.
yik'a.l;m d;y.B lea'r.fIy -l,a h'wh.y -r;b.d a'F;m
2
"I have
loved you,"
says the
LORD. But you
say,
"How have You
loved us?" "Was not
Esau Jacob's brother?"
declares the
LORD. "Yet I have
loved Jacob;
h'M;B ~,T.r;m]a;w h'wh.y r;m'a ~,k.t,a yiT.b;h'a ? h'wh.y -mUa.n b{q][;y.l w'fe[ x'a -aw{l]h .Wn'T.b;h]a ? b{q][;y -t,a b;h{a'w
3
but I have
hated Esau, and I have
made his
mountains a
desolation and appointed his
inheritance for the
jackals of the
wilderness."
h'm'm.v wy'r'h -t,a ~yif'a'w yitaen'f w'fe[ -t,a.w ? r'B.dim tw{N;t.l w{t'l]x;n -t,a.w
4
Though Edom says, "We have been
beaten down, but we will
return and
build up the
ruins ";
thus says the
LORD of
hosts, "They may
build, but I will
tear down; and men will
call them the
wicked territory, and the
people toward
whom the
LORD is
indignant forever *."
h,n.bin.w b.Wv'n.w .Wn.v;VUr ~w{d/a r;ma{t -yiK ? .Wn.bIy h'Meh tw{a'b.c h'wh.y r;m'a h{K tw{b'r\x ? h'[.vir l.Wb.G ~,h'l .Wa.r'q.w sw{r/h,a yin]a;w ? ~'lw{[ -d;[ h'wh.y ~;['z -r,v]a ~'['h.w
5
Your
eyes will
see this and you will
say, "The
LORD be
magnified beyond * the
border of
Israel!"
l;D.gIy .Wr.ma{T ~,T;a.w h'ny,a.riT ~,kyenye[.w ? lea'r.fIy l.Wb.gil l;[em h'wh.y
6
" 'A
son honors his
father, and a
servant his
master. Then
if I am a
father,
where is My
honor? And
if I am a
master,
where is My
respect?'
says the
LORD of
hosts to you, O
priests who
despise My
name. But you
say,
'How have we
despised Your
name?'
yin'a b'a -mia.w wy'n{d]a d,b,[.w b'a deB;k.y !eB ? yia'rw{m heY;a yin'a ~yinw{d]a -mia.w yidw{b.k heY;a ? yezw{B ~yin]h{K;h ~,k'l tw{a'b.c h'wh.y r;m'a ? '$,m.v -t,a .Wnyiz'b h,M;B ~,T.r;m]a;w yim.v