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Malachi 1:2-3 KJV
Malachi · chapter 1 · verses 2–3
2I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, 3And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.Malachi 1:2-3 · King James Version
Malachi 1:2-3 in context
1The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
2I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
3And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
4Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.
5And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- mountainshara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
- heritagenachălâhproperly, something inheritedH5159 →
- Jacob'sYaʻăqôbJaakob, the Israelitish patriarchH3290 →
- brotherʼâcha brother )H251 →
- dragonstannâha female jackalH8568 →
- lovedʼâhabto have affection forH157 →
- saithnᵉʼuman oracleH5002 →
- hatedsânêʼto hateH8130 →
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The prophecy of this book is entitled, The burden of the word of the Lord (Mal 1:1), which intimates, 1. That it was of great weight and importance; what the false prophets said was light as the chaff, what the true prophets said was ponderous as the wheat, Jer 23:28. 2.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5