Malachi 1:3

3 but Esau I have hated, and I have turned his hill country into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”

Malachi 1:3 in Other Translations

KJV
3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
ESV
3 but Esau I have hated. I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert."
NLT
3 but I rejected his brother, Esau, and devastated his hill country. I turned Esau’s inheritance into a desert for jackals.”
MSG
3 and hated Esau. I reduced pretentious Esau to a molehill, turned his whole country into a ghost town."
CSB
3 but I hated Esau. I turned his mountains into a wasteland, and [gave] his inheritance to the desert jackals."

Malachi 1:3 In-Context

1 A prophecy: 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 I have loved Jacob,
3 but Esau I have hated, and I have turned his hill country into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”
4 Edom may say, “Though we have been crushed, we will rebuild the ruins.” But this is what the LORD Almighty says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Wicked Land, a people always under the wrath of the LORD.
5 You will see it with your own eyes and say, ‘Great is the LORD—even beyond the borders of Israel!’

Cross References 3

  • 1. Luke 14:26
  • 2. S Isaiah 34:10
  • 3. S Isaiah 13:22; Ezekiel 35:3-9
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