Malachi 1:4

Malachi 1:4

Israel Beloved of God

2 “I^a have loved you,” says the Lord.
“Yet you say, ‘In what way have You loved us?’
Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?”
Says the Lord.
“Yet ^bJacob I have loved;

3 But Esau I have hated,
And ^alaid waste his mountains and his heritage
For the jackals of the wilderness.”

4 Even though Edom has said,
“We have been impoverished,
But we will return and build the desolate places,” Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“They may build, but I will ^athrow down;
They shall be called the Territory of Wickedness,
And the people against whom the Lord will have indignation forever.

5 Your eyes shall see,
And you shall say,
^a‘The Lord is magnified beyond the border of Israel.’

Polluted Offerings

6 “A son ^ahonors his father,
And a servant his master.
^bIf then I am the Father,
Where is My honor?
And if I am a Master,
Where is My reverence?
Says the Lord of hosts
To you priests who despise My name.
^cYet you say, ‘In what way have we despised Your name?’

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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Throw down - So he did in the times of the Maccabees. The border of wickedness - They will be a most wicked people, and so notorious, that all their neighbours shall brand them for it. Hath indignation - They will so highly provoke God, that his indignation will be kindled against them for ever.

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