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Malachi 1:3
But have hated Esau? and I have made his mountains a wilderness, and given his inheritance to the dragons of the desert.
Malachi 1:3 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Malachi 1:3 in other translations
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”
but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.”
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In context
1 The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by the hand of Malachi.
2 I have loved you, saith the Lord: and you have said: Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau brother to Jacob, saith the Lord, and I have loved Jacob,
3 But have hated Esau? and I have made his mountains a wilderness, and given his inheritance to the dragons of the desert.
4 But if Edom shall say: We are destroyed, but we will return and build up what hath been destroyed: thus saith the Lord of hosts: They shall build up, and I will throw down: and they shall be called the borders of wickedness, and the people with whom the Lord is angry for ever.
5 And your eyes shall see: and you shall say: The Lord be magnified upon the border of Israel.
6 The son honoureth the father, and the servant his master: if then I be a father, where is my honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear: saith the Lord of hosts.
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