Malachi 1:3 “but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and l…”

Malachi 1:3

but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals. ”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

World English Bible

but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.”

American Standard Version

but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I hated Esau, and made his mountaines wast, and his heritage a wildernes for dragons.

Darby Translation

and I hated Esau; and made his mountains a desolation, and [gave] his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness.

Young's Literal Translation

Is not Esau Jacob's brother? — an affirmation of Jehovah, And I love Jacob, and Esau I have hated, And I make his mountains a desolation, And his inheritance for dragons of a wilderness.

Bible in Basic English

And Esau was hated, and I sent destruction on his mountains, and gave his heritage to the beasts of the waste land.

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Cross references

“hated”

Luke 14:26 Genesis 29:30 Genesis 29:31 Deuteronomy 21:15 Deuteronomy 21:16

Luke 14:26 · BSB

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

Genesis 29:30 · BSB

Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.

Genesis 29:31 · BSB

When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

Deuteronomy 21:15 · BSB

If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son,

Deuteronomy 21:16 · BSB

when that man assigns his inheritance to his sons he must not appoint the son of the beloved wife as the firstborn over the son of the unloved wife.

“laid”

Joel 3:19 Obadiah 1:10 Jeremiah 49:16–18 Ezekiel 36:7 Ezekiel 36:9 Isaiah 34:9–12

Joel 3:19 · BSB

Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.

Obadiah 1:10 · BSB

Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.

Jeremiah 49:16–18 · BSB

The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you…

Ezekiel 36:7 · BSB

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I have sworn with an uplifted hand that surely the nations around you will endure reproach of their own.

Ezekiel 36:9 · BSB

For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown.

Isaiah 34:9–12 · BSB

Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch.

“the”

Isaiah 35:7 Jeremiah 9:11 Jeremiah 51:37 Isaiah 13:21 Isaiah 13:22 Isaiah 34:13

Isaiah 35:7 · BSB

The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.

Jeremiah 9:11 · BSB

“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”

Jeremiah 51:37 · BSB

Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.

Isaiah 13:21 · BSB

But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about.

Isaiah 13:22 · BSB

Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.

Isaiah 34:13 · BSB

Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches.

Also

Ezekiel 35:3–4 Jeremiah 49:10 Ezekiel 35:7–8

Ezekiel 35:3–4 · BSB

and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste.

Jeremiah 49:10 · BSB

But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more.

Ezekiel 35:7–8 · BSB

I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and will cut off from it those who come and go.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2“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 Jacob I have loved,

4Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.

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