Malachi 1:1-5
Malachi 1:1-5 TPT
This is divine revelation—the message YAHWEH gave to Israel through Malachi. “I, YAHWEH, say to you: I have always loved you. “But you ask, ‘How have you shown us your love?’ “I, YAHWEH, say to you: Were not Esau and Jacob twins? Yet I have loved Jacob and his descendants more than Esau and his descendants, whom I rejected. And I have turned the hill country of Esau into a barren wasteland and left his land to the desert jackals. “The people of Edom vow, ‘Though we have been shattered, we will rebuild the ruins.’ “But this is what I, YAHWEH, Commander of Angel Armies, say: You may build, but I will demolish it again. People will call you ‘The Wicked Land’ and ‘The People under the Perpetual Anger of YAHWEH.’ “Israel, you will witness this with your own eyes and say, ‘The greatness of YAHWEH extends even beyond our own borders.’ ”