New American Standard Bible 1995

Malachi 1:2-5

2“I havelovedאָהַ֤בְתִּי'a.Hav.tiH157you,” saysאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068.But you sayוַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖םva.'a.mar.TemH559, “Howבַּמָּ֣הba.MahH4100have You lovedאֲהַבְתָּ֑נוּ'a.hav.Ta.nuH157us?” “Wasnot Esauעֵשָׂ֤ו'e.SavH6215Jacob’sלְיַֽעֲקֹב֙le.ya.'a.KoH3290brotherאָ֨ח'achH251?”declaresנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068. “Yet Ihave lovedוָאֹהַ֖בva.'o.HavH157Jacobיַעֲקֹֽב׃ya.'a.KoH3290;

3but I have hatedשָׂנֵ֑אתִיsa.Ne.tiH8130Esauעֵשָׂ֖ו'e.SavH6215, and I havemadeוָאָשִׂ֤יםva.'a.SimH7760his mountainsהָרָיו֙ha.RavH2022a desolationשְׁמָמָ֔הshe.ma.MahH8077and appointedhis inheritanceנַחֲלָת֖וֹna.cha.la.ToH5159for the jackalsH8565of the wildernessמִדְבָּֽר׃mid.BarH4057.”

4Thoughכִּֽי־ki-H3588EdomH112saysתֹאמַ֨רto.MarH559, “We have beenbeatenH7567downH7567, but we willreturnוְנָשׁוּב֙ve.na.ShuvH7725and buildוְנִבְנֶ֣הve.niv.NehH1129up the ruinsחֳרָב֔וֹתcho.ra.VotH2723”;thusכֹּ֤הkohH3541saysאָמַר֙'a.MarH559the Lordיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068of hostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635, “They maybuildיִבְנ֖וּyiv.NuH1129,but I will tearאֶהֱר֑וֹס'e.he.RosH2040downH2040; and menwill callוְקָרְא֤וּve.ka.re.'UH7121them thewickedH7562territoryגְּב֣וּלge.VulH1366,and the peopleוְהָעָ֛םve.ha.'AmH5971toward whomאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068is indignantזָעַ֥םza.'AmH2194foreverעַד־ עוֹלָֽם׃'ad- o.LamH5704 H5769.”

5Your eyesוְעֵינֵיכֶ֖םve.'ei.nei.KhemH5869will seeתִּרְאֶ֑ינָהtir.'Ei.nahH7200this and you will sayתֹּֽאמְרוּ֙to.me.RuH559, “The Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068be magnifiedיִגְדַּ֣לyig.DalH1431beyondמֵעַ֖לme.'AlH4480 H5921theborderלִגְב֥וּלlig.VulH1366of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478!”

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