Malachi 1:1-4

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.” 4ThoughH3588 EdomH112 saysH559, “We have been 8beatenH7567 downH7567, but we will 910returnH7725 and buildH1129 up the ruinsH2723”; thusH3541 saysH559 the LordH3068 of hostsH6635, “They may 11buildH1129, but I will tearH2040 downH2040; and men will callH7121 them the 12wickedH7562 territoryH1366, and the peopleH5971 13toward whomH834 the LordH3068 is indignantH2194 14foreverH5704H5769.”