Malachi 1:2
Berean Standard Bible
“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,
Context
1This 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, 3but Esau I have hated,* and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.*” 4Though 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.
English text: Berean Standard Bible (BSB). English audio: Berean Standard Audio Bible.