Malachi 1:1-3
The LORD's Love for Jacob
11 The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by [1] Malachi. 2 I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob, 3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
Other Translations of Malachi 1:1-3
New International Version
The LORD's Love for Jacob
11 A prophecy: The word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi.
English Standard Version
The LORD's Love for Jacob
11 The oracle of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.
The Message
The LORD's Love for Jacob
11 A Message. God's Word to Israel through Malachi: 2 God said, "I love you." You replied, "Really? How have you loved us?" 3 and hated Esau. I reduced pretentious Esau to a molehill, turned his whole country into a ghost town."
New King James Version
The LORD's Love for Jacob
11 The burden
New Living Translation
The LORD's Love for Jacob
11 This is the message that the Lord gave to Israel through the prophet Malachi. 2 "I have always loved you," says the Lord . But you retort, "Really? How have you loved us?" And the Lord replies, "This is how I showed my love for you: I loved your ancestor Jacob, 3 but I rejected his brother, Esau, and devastated his hill country. I turned Esau's inheritance into a desert for jackals."
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Malachi 1:1-3
Commentary on Malachi 1:1-5
(Read Malachi 1:1-5)
All advantages, either as to outward circumstances, or spiritual privileges, come from the free love of God, who makes one to differ from another. All the evils sinners feel and fear, are the just recompence of their crimes, while all their hopes and comforts are from the unmerited mercy of the Lord. He chose his people that they might be holy. If we love him, it is because he has first loved us; yet we all are prone to undervalue the mercies of God, and to excuse our own offences.