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Malachi 1:2-5

2I have lovedאָהַ֤בְתִּי'a.Hav.tiH157you, saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068.Yet ye sayאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559,Wherein hast thou lovedאֲהַבְתָּ֑נוּ'a.hav.Ta.nuH157us? Wasnot Esauעֵשָׂ֤ו'e.SavH6215Jacob’sלְיַֽעֲקֹב֙le.ya.'a.KoH3290brotherאָ֨ח'achH251?saithוַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖םva.'a.mar.TemH559the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068:yet I lovedוָאֹהַ֖בva.'o.HavH157Jacobיַעֲקֹֽב׃ya.'a.KoH3290,

3And I hatedשָׂנֵ֑אתִיsa.Ne.tiH8130Esauעֵשָׂ֖ו'e.SavH6215,and laidוָאָשִׂ֤יםva.'a.SimH7760his mountainsהָרָיו֙ha.RavH2022and his heritageנַחֲלָת֖וֹna.cha.la.ToH5159wasteשְׁמָמָ֔הshe.ma.MahH8077for the dragonsH8568of the wildernessמִדְבָּֽר׃mid.BarH4057.

4Whereas Edomאֱד֜וֹם'e.DomH123saithתֹאמַ֨רto.MarH559,We are impoverishedרֻשַּׁ֗שְׁנוּru.Shash.nuH7567,but we will returnוְנָשׁוּב֙ve.na.ShuvH7725and buildוְנִבְנֶ֣הve.niv.NehH1129the desolate placesחֳרָב֔וֹתcho.ra.VotH2723;thus saithאָמַר֙'a.MarH559the Lordיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068of hostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635,They shall buildיִבְנ֖וּyiv.NuH1129,but I will throw downאֶהֱר֑וֹס'e.he.RosH2040;and they shall callוְקָרְא֤וּve.ka.re.'UH7121them, The borderגְּב֣וּלge.VulH1366of wickednessרִשְׁעָ֔הrish.'AhH7564,and, The peopleוְהָעָ֛םve.ha.'AmH5971against whom the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068hath indignationזָעַ֥םza.'AmH2194forעַד־'ad-H5704everעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769.

5And your eyesוְעֵינֵיכֶ֖םve.'ei.nei.KhemH5869shall seeתִּרְאֶ֑ינָהtir.'Ei.nahH7200,and ye shall sayתֹּֽאמְרוּ֙to.me.RuH559,The Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068will be magnifiedיִגְדַּ֣לyig.DalH1431from the borderלִגְב֥וּלlig.VulH1366of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

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