Verse 2

Malachi 1:2

Darby Translation

2 I have loved you, saith Jehovah; but ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith Jehovah, and I loved Jacob,

Original Language Text

hebrew

אָהַ֤בְתִּי אֶתְ/כֶם֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה וַ/אֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם בַּ/מָּ֣ה אֲהַבְתָּ֑/נוּ הֲ/לוֹא אָ֨ח עֵשָׂ֤ו לְ/יַֽעֲקֹב֙ נְאֻם יְהוָ֔ה וָ/אֹהַ֖ב אֶֽת יַעֲקֹֽב

English Translation

I have loved you, says the LORD. But you say, "How have you loved us?" Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the LORD. Yet I have loved Jacob.

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Chapter 1 Context

1 The burden of the word of Jehovah to Israel by Malachi. Focus ↗

2 I have loved you, saith Jehovah; but ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brothe...

3 and I hated Esau; and made his mountains a desolation, and [gave] his inheritance to the jackals of... Focus ↗

4 If Edom say, We are broken down, but we will build again the ruined places, thus saith Jehovah of ho... Focus ↗

5 And your eyes shall see [it], and ye shall say, Jehovah is magnified beyond the border of Israel. Focus ↗

6 A son honoureth [his] father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour?... Focus ↗

7 Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say,... Focus ↗

8 And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? And if ye offer the lame and sick, is it no... Focus ↗

9 And now, I pray you, beseech God (Elohim) that he will be gracious unto us. This hath been of your h... Focus ↗

10 Who is there among you that would even shut the doors? and ye would not kindle [fire] on mine altar... Focus ↗

11 For from the rising of the sun even unto its setting my name shall be great among the nations; and i... Focus ↗

12 But ye profane it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted; and the fruit thereof, his foo... Focus ↗

13 And ye say, Behold, what a weariness! And ye have puffed at it, saith Jehovah of hosts, and ye bring... Focus ↗

14 Yea, cursed be the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth and sacrificeth unto the Lord... Focus ↗

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