Malachi 1
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Malachi 1:1-3

1The 12oracleH4853 of the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 to 3IsraelH3478 throughH3027 4MalachiH4401.

2“I have 5lovedH157 you,” saysH559 the LordH3068. But you sayH559, “HowH4100 have You lovedH157 us?” “Was not EsauH6215 Jacob’sH3290 brotherH251?” declaresH5002 the LordH3068. “Yet I 6have lovedH157 JacobH3290; 3but I have hatedH8130 EsauH6215, and I have 7madeH7760 his mountainsH2022 a desolationH8077 and appointed his inheritanceH5159 for the jackalsH8565 of the wildernessH4057.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Malachi 1:1 Lit burden ↩
  2. 2. Malachi 1:1 Is 13:1; Nah 1:1; Hab 1:1; Zech 9:1 ↩
  3. 3. Malachi 1:1 Mal 2:11 ↩
  4. 4. Malachi 1:1 Or My messenger ↩
  5. 5. Malachi 1:2 Deut 4:37; 7:8; 23:5; Is 41:8, 9; Jer 31:3; John 15:12 ↩
  6. 6. Malachi 1:2 Rom 9:13 ↩
  7. 7. Malachi 1:3 Jer 49:10, 16-18; Ezek 35:3, 4, 7, 8, 15 ↩

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