Malachi 1:3
“And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.”
The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.
I 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,
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
Whereas 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.
And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The Lord will be magnified from the border of Israel.
Cross-References
“And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.”
“I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.”
“Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.”
“Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.”
“It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.”