Jeremiah 9:11

9:11 The Lord said, ¹ 

“I will make Jerusalem ²  a heap of ruins.

Jackals will make their home there. ³ 

I will destroy the towns of Judah

so that no one will be able to live in them.”

Malachi 1:3

1:3 and rejected Esau. ⁴  I turned Esau’s ⁵  mountains into a deserted wasteland ⁶  and gave his territory ⁷  to the wild jackals.”

¹ tn The words “the Lord said” are not in the text, but it is obvious from the content that he is the speaker. These words are supplied in the translation for clarity.

² map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

³ tn Heb “a heap of ruins, a haunt for jackals.”

⁴ 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).

⁵ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Esau) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “I set his mountains as a desolation.”

⁷ tn Or “inheritance” (so NIV, NLT).