Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
hated—not positively, but relatively; that is, did not choose him out to be the object of gratuitous favor, as I did Jacob (compare Luke 14:26, with Matthew 10:37; Genesis 29:30-31; Deuteronomy 21:15-16).
laid his mountains . . . waste—that is, his territory which was generally mountainous. Israel was, it is true, punished by the Chaldeans, but Edom has been utterly destroyed; namely, either by Nebuchadnezzar [ROSENMULLER], or by the neighboring peoples, Egypt, Ammon, and Moab [JOSEPHUS, Antiquities, 10.9,7; MAURER], (Jeremiah 49:18).
dragons—jackals [MOORE] (compare Isaiah 34:13). MAURER translates, "Abodes of the wilderness," from an Arabic root "to stop," or "to abide." English Version is better.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Malachi 1:3:
Isaiah 34:5
Jeremiah 49:33
Ezekiel 35:9
Hosea 9:15
Malachi 1:1
Malachi 1:2
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