1. This message is the word of the Lord. It is given to Israel through Malachi.
2. The Lord said, “I love you.”But you ask, “How have you loved us?”The Lord said, “Esau and Jacob were brothers. I loved Jacob,
3. but I hated Esau. I destroyed his mountain country. I left his land to the wild dogs of the desert.”
4. The people of Edom might say, “We were destroyed. But we will go back and rebuild the ruins.”But the Lord of heaven’s armies says, “If they rebuild them, I will destroy them. People will say, ‘Edom is the Wicked Country. The Lord is always angry with the Edomites.’