Malachi 1:1-3

New International Reader's Version

1 This is a prophecy. It is the Lord’s message to Israel through Malachi.

Israel Doubts God’s Love

² “Israel, I have loved you,” says the Lord.

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

“Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” says the Lord. “But I chose Jacob ³ instead of Esau. I have turned Esau’s hill country into a dry and empty land. I left that land of Edom to the wild dogs in the desert.”