Malachi 1:4

Whereas Edom says, “We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places”; Yahweh of Armies says, “They shall build, but I will throw down; and men will call them ‘The Wicked Land,’ even the people against whom Yahweh shows wrath forever.”

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WEBBE

Whereas Edom says, “We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places,” the LORD of Armies says, “They shall build, but I will throw down; and men will call them ‘The Wicked Land,’ even the people against whom the LORD shows wrath forever.”

BSB

Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.

KJV

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.

ASV

Whereas Edom saith, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places; thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and men shall call them The border of wickedness, and The people against whom Jehovah hath indignation for ever.

BBE

Though Edom says, We are crushed down but we will come back, building up the waste places; this is what the Lord of armies has said: They may put up buildings, but I will have them pulled down; and they will be named The land of evil-doing, and The people against whom the Lord keeps his wrath for ever.

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כִּי־ ki- for H3588 תֹאמַר to·mar it will say H559 אֱדוֹם 'e·dom Edom H123 רֻשַּׁשְׁנוּ ru·shash·nu we have been shattered H7567 וְנָשׁוּב ve·na·shuv and we may return H7725 וְנִבְנֶה ve·niv·neh so we may rebuild H1129 חֳרָבוֹת cho·ra·vot [the] ruins H2723 כֹּה koh thus H3541 אָמַר 'a·mar he says H559 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 צְבָאוֹת tze·va·'ot of hosts H6635 הֵמָּה he·mah they H1992 יִבְנוּ yiv·nu they will build H1129 וַאֲנִי va·'a·ni and I H589 אֶהֱרוֹס 'e·he·ros I will tear down H2040 וְקָרְאוּ ve·ka·re·'u and people will call H7121 לָהֶם la·hem (to) them H9038 גְּבוּל ge·vul a territory of H1366 רִשְׁעָה rish·'ah wickedness H7564 וְהָעָם ve·ha·'am and the people H5971 אֲשֶׁר־ 'a·sher- which H834 זָעַם za·'am he was indignant H2194 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 עַד־ 'ad- until H5704 עוֹלָם o·lam perpetuity H5769

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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Esau Edom

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