1 This is the Lord's message to Israel through Malachi.
2 "Israel, I have loved you," says the Lord. "But you ask, 'How have you loved us?' "Wasn't Esau Jacob's brother?" says the Lord. "But I chose Jacob
3 instead of Esau. I turned Esau's mountains into a dry and empty land. I left that land of Edom to the wild dogs in the desert."
4 Edom might say, "We have been crushed. But we'll rebuild our cities." The Lord who rules over all says, "They might rebuild their cities. But I will destroy them. They will be called The Evil Land. My anger will always remain on them.
5 You will see it with your own eyes. You will say, 'The Lord is great! He rules even beyond the borders of Israel!'