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Malachi 1:2-5

2“I have loved youאָהַ֤בְתִּי'a.Hav.tiH157אֶתְכֶם֙'et.KhemH853,”saysאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559the LORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068.But you askוַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖םva.'a.mar.TemH559, “Howבַּמָּ֣הba.MahH4100have You loved usאֲהַבְתָּ֑נוּ'a.hav.Ta.nuH157?” “Was notהֲלוֹא־ha.lo'-H3808Esauעֵשָׂ֤ו'e.SavH6215Jacob’sלְיַֽעֲקֹב֙le.ya.'a.KoH3290brotherאָ֨ח'achH251?”declaresנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the LORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068. “Yet Jacobיַעֲקֹֽב׃ya.'a.KoH3290I have lovedוָאֹהַ֖בva.'o.HavH157אֶֽת־'et-H853,

3butוְאֶת־ve.'EtH853Esauעֵשָׂ֖ו'e.SavH6215I have hatedשָׂנֵ֑אתִיsa.Ne.tiH8130,and I have madeוָאָשִׂ֤יםva.'a.SimH7760אֶת־'et-H853his mountainsהָרָיו֙ha.RavH2022a wastelandשְׁמָמָ֔הshe.ma.MahH8077וְאֶת־ve.'EtH853and left his inheritanceנַחֲלָת֖וֹna.cha.la.ToH5159to the desertמִדְבָּֽר׃mid.BarH4057jackalsH8568.”

4Thoughכִּֽי־ki-H3588Edomאֱד֜וֹם'e.DomH123may sayתֹאמַ֨רto.MarH559, “We have been devastatedרֻשַּׁ֗שְׁנוּru.Shash.nuH7567,but we will rebuildוְנָשׁוּב֙ וְנִבְנֶ֣הve.na.Shuv ve.niv.NehH7725 H1129the ruinsחֳרָב֔וֹתcho.ra.VotH2723,”this is whatכֹּ֤הkohH3541the LORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068of Hostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635saysאָמַר֙'a.MarH559: “Theyהֵ֥מָּהHe.mahH1992may buildיִבְנ֖וּyiv.NuH1129,but Iוַאֲנִ֣יva.'a.NiH589will demolishאֶהֱר֑וֹס'e.he.RosH2040.They will be calledוְקָרְא֤וּve.ka.re.'UH7121the Landגְּב֣וּלge.VulH1366of Wickednessרִשְׁעָ֔הrish.'AhH7564,and a peopleוְהָעָ֛םve.ha.'AmH5971with whomאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834the LORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068is indignantזָעַ֥םza.'AmH2194foreverעַד־ עוֹלָֽם׃'ad- o.LamH5704 H5769.

5You will see thisתִּרְאֶ֑ינָהtir.'Ei.nahH7200with your own eyesוְעֵינֵיכֶ֖םve.'ei.nei.KhemH5869,and you yourselvesוְאַתֶּ֤םve.'a.TemH859will sayתֹּֽאמְרוּ֙to.me.RuH559, ‘The LORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068is greatיִגְדַּ֣לyig.DalH1431—even beyondמֵעַ֖לme.'AlH5921the bordersלִגְב֥וּלlig.VulH1366of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.’”

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