Malachi 1:3

NETBible

and rejected Esau. I turned Esau’s mountains into a deserted wasteland and gave his territory to the wild jackals.”

NIV ©

but Esau I have hated, and I have turned his mountains into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals."

NASB ©

but I have hated Esau, and I have made his mountains a desolation and appointed his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness."

NLT ©

and I rejected Esau and devastated his hill country. I turned Esau’s inheritance into a desert for jackals."

MSG ©

and hated Esau. I reduced pretentious Esau to a molehill, turned his whole country into a ghost town."

BBE ©

And Esau was hated, and I sent destruction on his mountains, and gave his heritage to the beasts of the waste land.

NRSV ©

but I have hated Esau; I have made his hill country a desolation and his heritage a desert for jackals.

NKJV ©

But Esau I have hated, And laid waste his mountains and his heritage For the jackals of the wilderness."


KJV
And I hated
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Esau
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and laid
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his mountains
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and his heritage
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waste
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for the dragons
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of the wilderness
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NASB ©

but I have hated
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Esau
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, and I have made
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his mountains
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a desolation
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and
appointed
his inheritance
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for the jackals
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of the wilderness
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."
LXXM
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T-ASM
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PRT
hsau
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N-PRI
emishsa
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V-AAI-1S
kai
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CONJ
etaxa
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V-AAI-1S
ta
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T-APN
oria
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N-APN
autou
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D-GSM
eiv
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PREP
afanismon
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N-ASM
kai
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CONJ
thn
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T-ASF
klhronomian
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N-ASF
autou
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D-GSM
eiv
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PREP
domata
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N-APN
erhmou
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N-GSF
NET [draft] ITL
and rejected
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Esau
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. I turned
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Esau’s mountains
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into a deserted
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wasteland
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and gave his territory
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to the wild jackals
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.”
HEBREW
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twntl
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wtlxn
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taw
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hmms
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wyrh
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ta
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Myvaw
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ytanv
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wve
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taw (1:3)
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NETBible

and rejected Esau. I turned Esau’s mountains into a deserted wasteland and gave his territory to the wild jackals.”

NET Notes

tn Heb “and I loved Jacob, but Esau I hated.” The context indicates this is technical covenant vocabulary in which “love” and “hate” are synonymous with “choose” and “reject” respectively (see Deut 7:8; Jer 31:3; Hos 3:1; 9:15; 11:1).

tn Heb “his”; the referent (Esau) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “I set his mountains as a desolation.”

tn Or “inheritance” (so NIV, NLT).