Malachi 1:1-3
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1 The oracle of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.[a]
The Lord's Love for Israel
2 (A)“I have loved you,” says the Lord. (B)But you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau (C)Jacob's brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet (D)I have loved Jacob 3 but Esau I have hated. (E)I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert.”
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- Malachi 1:1 Malachi means my messenger
Romans 9:9-13
English Standard Version
9 For this is what the promise said: (A)“About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son.” 10 And not only so, but (B)also when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac, 11 though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of (C)him who calls— 12 she was told, (D)“The older will serve the younger.” 13 As it is written, (E)“Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
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