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Malachi 1

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 1 of 4

1 The burden of the Word of Jehovah to Israel by the hand of Malachi:

2 I have loved you, says Jehovah. But you say, In what way have You loved us? Was not Esau brother to Jacob, and I loved Jacob? A statement of Jehovah.

3 And I hated Esau and have made his mountains a desolation, and his inheritance to be for the jackals of the wilderness.

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Chapter Summary

Malachi complains of Israel's unkindness. Of their lack of love of Jehovah, and profaneness.

Key Hebrew Words

מִזְבְּחִ altar H4196 · TWOT 525b
נַחֲלָת֖ possession H5159 · TWOT 1342a
יַעֲקֹֽב Jacob H3290 · TWOT 1676f
נְאֻם utterance H5002 · TWOT 1272a
שְׁמָמָ֔ה devastation H8077 · TWOT 2409c

People & Context

Declaration of Love and Hatred

Jehovah declares His love for Jacob and His hatred for Esau, making Esau's mountains a desolation and tearing down Edom's attempts to rebuild.

Polluted Sacrifices

The priests despise Jehovah's name by offering blind, lame, and sick animals on the altar. They pollute the table of the Lord and bring blemished sacr…

Timeline

Declaration of Love and Hatred

Jehovah declares His love for Jacob and His hatred for Esau, making Esau's mountains a desolation and tearing down Edom's attempts to rebuild.

Malachi 1:1-4
Polluted Sacrifices

The priests despise Jehovah's name by offering blind, lame, and sick animals on the altar. They pollute the table of the Lord and bring blemished sacrifices, drawing a curse upon those who deceive God.

Malachi 1:6-14

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