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Malachi 1:2

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The Lord’s Love for Israel

2a“I have loved you,” says the Lord. bBut you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau cJacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet dI have loved Jacob

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Cross references

  1. aDeut. 7:8; Jer. 31:3
  2. b[ch. 2:14, 17; 3:7, 8, 13]
  3. c[Amos 1:11; Obad. 10]
  4. dCited Rom. 9:13

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“I have loved you,” says the Lord.

“But you ask, ‘How have you loved us?’

“Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“I have loved you,” says the Lord.

Yet you ask, “How have you loved us?”

“Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” This is the Lord’s declaration. “Even so, I loved Jacob,

NLTNew Living Translation

“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,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“I have loved you,” says Yahweh, but you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is Esau not Jacob’s brother?” declares Yahweh. “I have loved Jacob,

KJV 1900King James Version

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,