Malachi 1:1-4

1The 1pronouncementH4853 of the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 to 2IsraelH3478 throughH3027 3MalachiH4401:

2“I have 4lovedH157 you,” saysH559 the LordH3068. But you sayH559, “HowH4100 have You lovedH157 us?” “Was EsauH6215 not Jacob’sH3290 brotherH251?” declaresH5002 the LordH3068. “Yet I 5have lovedH157 JacobH3290; 3but I have hatedH8130 EsauH6215, and I have 6madeH7760 his mountainsH2022 a desolationH8077 and given his inheritanceH5159 to the jackalsH8565 of the wildernessH4057.” 4ThoughH3588 EdomH112 saysH559, “We have been 7beatenH7567 downH7567, but we will 89returnH7725 and buildH1129 upH1129 the ruinsH2723”; thisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH3068 of armiesH6635 saysH559: “They may 10buildH1129, but I will tearH2040 downH2040; and people will callH7121 them the 11territoryH1366 of wickednessH7562, and the peopleH5971 12with whomH834 the LordH3068 isH2194 indignantH2194 13foreverH5704H5769.”