Verse 4
Malachi 1:4
World English Bible, British Edition
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Whereas Edom says, “We are beaten down, but we will return and build the
waste places,” the LORD of Armies says, “They shall build, but I will throw down; and men will call them
‘The Wicked Land,’ even the people against whom the LORD shows wrath forever.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּֽי תֹאמַ֨ר אֱד֜וֹם רֻשַּׁ֗שְׁנוּ וְ/נָשׁוּב֙ וְ/נִבְנֶ֣ה חֳרָב֔וֹת כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת הֵ֥מָּה יִבְנ֖וּ וַ/אֲנִ֣י אֶהֱר֑וֹס וְ/קָרְא֤וּ לָ/הֶם֙ גְּב֣וּל רִשְׁעָ֔ה וְ/הָ/עָ֛ם אֲשֶׁר זָעַ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה עַד עוֹלָֽם
English Translation
For when you say, "Edom, we have been devastated, and we will return and rebuild the ruins," thus says the Lord of Hosts: "They will build, but I will tear down, and they will be called the territory of wickedness, and the people against whom the Lord is enraged forever."
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