Malachi 1:3

Malachi 1:3

1 The¹ burden of the word of the Lord to Israel² by Malachi.

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:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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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.

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