Malachi 1:1-3

Introduction and God’s Election of Israel

1:1 What follows is divine revelation. The word of the Lord came to Israel through Malachi:

1:2 “I have shown love to you,” says the Lord, but you say, “How have you shown love to us?”

“Esau was Jacob’s brother,” the Lord explains, “yet I chose Jacob 1:3 and rejected Esau. I turned Esau’s mountains into a deserted wasteland and gave his territory to the wild jackals.”