Malachi
King James Version (KJV)
Malachi 1:1
“The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.”
King James Version (KJV)
Malachi 1:1 Context
1The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. 2I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, 3And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. 4Whereas 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.
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Other Translations for Malachi 1:1
The burden of the word of þe Lord to Israel by Malachi.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
The oracle of the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
The burden of the word of Jehovah to Israel by Malachi.
- American Standard Version (1901)
The word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.
- Basic English Bible
The burden of the word of Jehovah to Israel by Malachi.
- Darby Bible
The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
- Webster's Bible
An oracle: the word of Yahweh to Israel by Malachi.
- World English Bible
The burden of a word of Jehovah unto Israel by the hand of Malachi:
- Youngs Literal Bible
THE BURDEN of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible Commentary for Malachi 1:1
Wesley's Notes for Malachi 1:1
1:2 Loved you - Both personally considered and relatively, in progenitors. Us - Who have been captives, and groaned under it all our days 'till of late. Was not Esau - Did not one father beget them, and one mother bear them? I loved Jacob - I preferred him to the birthright, and this of free love. I loved his person, and his posterity.
1:3 I hated - I loved not Esau's posterity as I loved Jacob's. His heritage - Mount Seir with the neighbouring mountains. Waste - By Nebuchadnezzar's arms five years after the sacking of Jerusalem, and whereas Jacob's captivity returned, and their cities were rebuilt, Esau's never were. The dragons - Creatures which delight in desolate places, by which the utter desolation of Esau is signified.
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