Malachi 1:3-5

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³ And I did not accept^[a] Esau. I destroyed his hill country.^[b] His country was destroyed, and now only wild dogs^[c] live there.”

⁴ The people of Edom might say, “We were destroyed, but we will go back and rebuild our cities.”

But the Lord All-Powerful says, “If they rebuild their cities, I will destroy them again.” That is why people say Edom is an evil country—a nation the Lord hates forever.

⁵ You people saw these things, and you said, “The Lord is great, even outside of Israel!”