Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
but Esau I have hated. I have made his mountain ranges a desolation, and [given] his inheritance to the jackals of [the] desert."
New American Standard Bible
but I have hated Esau, and I have
King James Version
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
Holman Bible
but I hated Esau.
International Standard Version
"Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" declares the LORD, "yet I loved Jacob, hated Esau, turned his mountains into a wasteland, and gave his inheritance to desert jackals.
A Conservative Version
but Esau I regarded inferior, and made his mountains a desolation, and [gave] his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.
American Standard Version
but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.
Amplified
but [in comparison with My love for Jacob] I have hated Esau (Edom), and I have made his mountains a wasteland, and have given his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness.”
Bible in Basic English
And Esau was hated, and I sent destruction on his mountains, and gave his heritage to the beasts of the waste land.
Darby Translation
and I hated Esau; and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness.
Julia Smith Translation
And I hated Esau, and I will set his mountains a desolation, and his inheritance for the jackals of the desert
King James 2000
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the jackals of the wilderness.
Modern King James verseion
and I hated Esau and made his mountains a desolation, and his inheritance to be for the jackals of the wilderness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and hated Esau: Yea I have made his hills waste, and his heritage a wilderness for dragons."
NET Bible
and rejected Esau. I turned Esau's mountains into a deserted wasteland and gave his territory to the wild jackals."
New Heart English Bible
but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness."
The Emphasized Bible
And, Esau, have I hated, - and made his mountains a desolation, and his inheritance a dwelling for the jackals of the wilderness.
Webster
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
World English Bible
but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness."
Youngs Literal Translation
Is not Esau Jacob's brother? -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And I love Jacob, and Esau I have hated, And I make his mountains a desolation, And his inheritance for dragons of a wilderness.
Themes
Dragon » A serpent or the desert
the Dragon » Found in » The wilderness
Edomites, the » Country of » Mountainous and rocky
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Morish
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Malachi 1:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Oracle Against Edom
2 "I have loved you," says Yahweh, but you say, "How have you loved us?" "[Is] Esau not Jacob's brother?" {declares} Yahweh. "I have loved Jacob, 3 but Esau I have hated. I have made his mountain ranges a desolation, and [given] his inheritance to the jackals of [the] desert." 4 If Edom says, "We are shattered, but we will return and rebuild [the] ruins," Yahweh of hosts says this: "They may build, but I will tear down; and they will be called a territory of wickedness, and the people [with] whom Yahweh is angry forever."
Cross References
Jeremiah 49:16-18
Your terror has deceived you, the pride of your heart, [O you who] dwell in the clefts of the rock, [you who] seize [the] height of [the] hill. Though you make your nest high like the eagle, from there I will bring you down," {declares} Yahweh.
Ezekiel 35:3-4
and you must say to it, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I am against you, mountain of Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you desolation and wasteland.
Joel 3:19
Egypt will become a desolation, and Edom will become a {desolate desert}, because of the violence [they did] against the children of Judah, in whose land they have shed innocent blood.
Genesis 29:30-31
Then he also went in to Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he served with him yet another seven years.
Deuteronomy 21:15-16
"If a man has two wives, [and] the one [is] loved and the [other] one [is] disliked and the one loved and the one that is disliked have borne for him sons, if it happens [that] the firstborn son {belongs to the one that is disliked},
Isaiah 13:21-22
But wild animals will lie down there, and their houses will be full [of] howling creatures, and the daughters of ostriches will live there, and goats will dance there.
Isaiah 34:9-14
And its streams shall be changed to pitch and its soil to sulfur, and its land shall become like burning pitch.
Isaiah 35:7
And the parched ground shall become pool, and [the] thirsty ground springs of water. Her resting place [is] in a settlement of jackals; [the] grass [shall become] like reeds and rushes.
Jeremiah 9:11
And I will make Jerusalem as heaps [of ruins], a lair of jackals, and the towns of Judah I will make a desolation, {without inhabitants}.
Jeremiah 49:10
But I have stripped Esau bare. I have uncovered his hiding places, and he is not able to hide himself. His offspring are devastated, {along with} his brothers, and his neighbors, and {he is no more}.
Jeremiah 51:37
And Babylon will become as a heap of stones, a lair of jackals, [an object of] horror, and [an object of] hissing, {without} inhabitants.
Ezekiel 25:13-14
therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "so I will stretch out my hand against Edom and I will cut off from it [both] human and animal, and I will make it a ruin from Teman and Dedan; they will fall by the sword.
Ezekiel 35:7-8
And I will make the mountain of Seir into desolation and ruin, and I will cut off from it [both] [he who is] crossing over and [he who is] returning.
Ezekiel 36:3-4
Therefore prophesy, and you must say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "{Because indeed} {when you were desolate}, then they crushed you from all around, so that you became a possession to the remainder of the nations, and you became {a byword and object of slander for the people}."
Ezekiel 36:7
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "{I swear} {certainly} [that] the nations {that are all around you}, they indeed will endure their disgrace.
Ezekiel 36:9
For look! I [am] for you, and I will turn you, and you will be tilled, and you will be planted.
Ezekiel 36:14-15
Therefore humans you will not eat [any] longer, and your nation you will not make childless [any] longer," {declares} the Lord Yahweh.
Obadiah 1:10
"Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you and you will be cut off forever.
Obadiah 1:18-21
And the house of Jacob will be a fire and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; and they will set them on fire and will consume them. And there will not be a survivor for the house of Esau," for Yahweh has spoken.
Luke 14:26
"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and furthermore, even his own life, {he cannot be} my disciple.