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Malachi 1:3

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1:3and rejected Esau.3 I turned Esau’s4 mountains into a deserted wasteland5 and gave his territory6 to the wild jackals.”

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Footnotes

  1. 3 Heb “and I loved Jacob, but Esau I hated.” The context indicates this is technical covenant vocabulary in which “love” and “hate” are synonymous with “choose” and “reject” respectively (see Deut 7:8; Jer 31:3; Hos 3:1; 9:15; 11:1).
  2. 4 Heb “his”; the referent (Esau) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. 5 Heb “I set his mountains as a desolation.”
  4. 6 Or “inheritance” (so , ).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

but Esau I have hated. I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

but Esau I have hated, and I have turned his hill country into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

but I hated Esau. I turned his mountains into a wasteland, and gave his inheritance to the desert jackals.”

NLTNew Living Translation

but I rejected his brother, Esau, and devastated his hill country. I turned Esau’s inheritance into a desert for jackals.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

but Esau I have hated. I have made his mountain ranges a desolation, and given his inheritance to the jackals of the desert.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And I hated Esau,

And laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.