1 A pronouncement. The Lord’s word to Israel through Malachi.
2 I have loved you, says the Lord;but you say, "How have you loved us?"Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?says the Lord.I loved Jacob,
3 but I rejected Esau.I turned Esau’s mountains into desolation,his inheritance into a wilderness for jackals.
4 Edom may say, "We are beaten down, but we will rebuild the ruins";but the Lord of heavenly forces proclaims:They may build, but I will tear them down.They will call themselves a wicked territory,the people against whom the Lord rages forever.
5 Your eyes will see it and you will say,"May the Lord be great beyond the borders of Israel."