Malachi 1:2

“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;

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WEBBE

“I have loved you,” says the LORD. Yet you say, “How have you loved us?” “Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” says the LORD, “Yet I loved Jacob;

BSB

“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,

KJV

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,

ASV

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;

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אָהַבְתִּי 'a·hav·ti I have loved H157 אֶתְכֶם 'et·khem (marks the object) you H853 אָמַר 'a·mar he says H559 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 וַאֲמַרְתֶּם va·'a·mar·tem and you say H559 בַּמָּה ba·mah (in) how H4100 אֲהַבְתָּנוּ 'a·hav·ta·nu have you loved us H157 הֲלוֹא־ ha·lo'- ¿ not H3808 אָח 'ach [did] a brother H251 עֵשָׂו 'e·sav Esau H6215 לְיַעֲקֹב le·ya·'a·ko [belong] to Jacob H3290 נְאֻם־ ne·'um- [the] utterance of H5002 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 וָאֹהַב va·'o·hav and I loved H157 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 יַעֲקֹב ya·'a·ko Jacob H3290

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–5

All advantages, either as to outward circumstances, or spiritual privileges, come from the free love of God, who makes one to differ from another. All the evils sinners feel and fear, are the just recompence of their crimes, while all their hopes and comforts are from the unmerited mercy of the Lord. He chose his people that they might be holy. If we love him, it is because he has first loved us; yet we all are prone to undervalue the mercies of God, and to excuse our own offences.

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Romans 9:13

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EsauIsrael

Topics

GodQuotations And AllusionsUnbeliefPredestinationEdomitesEsau

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.