KJV King James Version
I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? [Was] not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
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Malachi 1:2
I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? [Was] not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“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,
WEB World English Bible
“I have loved you,” says Yahweh. Yet you say, “How have you loved us?” “Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” says Yahweh, “Yet I loved Jacob;
ASV American Standard Version
I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother, saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I have loved you, said Jehovah, And ye have said, ‘In what hast Thou loved us?’
Surrounding context — Malachi 1
1 The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
2 I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? [Was] not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
4 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.
5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אָהַ֤בְתִּיH157 · a.havto love: loverאֶתְכֶם֙H853 · et[Obj.]אָמַ֣רH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖םH559 · a.marto sayבַּמָּ֣הH4100 · mahwhat?אֲהַבְתָּ֑נוּH157 · a.havto love: loverהֲלוֹא־H3808 · lonotאָ֨חH251 · achbrother: male-siblingעֵשָׂ֤וH6215 · e.savEsauלְיַֽעֲקֹב֙H3290 · ya.a.qovJacobנְאֻם־H5002 · ne.umutteranceיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוָאֹהַ֖בH157 · a.havto love: loverאֶֽת־H853 · et[Obj.]יַעֲקֹֽב׃H3290 · ya.a.qovJacob
Cross-references
Jeremiah 31:3The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, [saying], Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.Isaiah 41:8-9But thou, Israel, [art] my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.Deuteronomy 10:15Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, [even] you above all people, as [it is] this day.Romans 9:10-13And not only [this]; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, [even] by our father Isaac;Isaiah 43:4Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.Deuteronomy 32:8-14When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.Malachi 3:13-14Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken [so much] against thee?Malachi 3:7-8Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept [them]. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?Deuteronomy 4:37And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;Deuteronomy 7:6-8For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that [are] upon the face of the earth.Romans 11:28-29As concerning the gospel, [they are] enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, [they are] beloved for the fathers’ sakes.Malachi 1:6-7A son honoureth [his] father, and a servant his master: if then I [be] a father, where [is] mine honour? and if I [be] a master, where [is] my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?Malachi 2:17Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied [him]? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil [is] good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where [is] the God of judgment?Genesis 28:3-4And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;Genesis 27:33And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where [is] he that hath taken venison, and brought [it] me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, [and] he shall be blessed.Genesis 27:27-30And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son [is] as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:Genesis 28:13-14And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I [am] the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;Genesis 25:23And the LORD said unto her, Two nations [are] in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and [the one] people shall be stronger than [the other] people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
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