Malachi 1:4

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Summary

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.

But

Isaiah 9:9

James 4:13

They shall build

The border

Jeremiah 31:17

Ezekiel 11:10

Amos 6:2

The people

Bible References

But

and all of the people were evil Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria saying proudly with arrogant hearts:

Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town, stay there a year, conduct business, and make money."

They shall build

He is wise in heart and strong in will who can be stubborn against him and succeed?

When he tears down, nobody rebuilds; when he incarcerates, nobody escapes.

"If he remains silent, who will condemn him? If he conceals his face, who can see him? He watches over both nation and individual alike,

Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor uselessly. Unless the LORD guards the city, its security forces keep watch uselessly.

No wisdom, insight, or counsel can prevail against the LORD.

so you won't have to crouch among those in chains or fall among the slain? "Yet for all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still stretched out, ready to strike."

Who can command, and it happens, without the Lord having ordered it?

The person who isn't with me is against me, and the person who isn't gathering with me is scattering.

The border

There is hope for your future," declares the LORD. "Your children will return to their own territory."

You're going to die violently, and I'll judge you as far as the borders of Israel. Then you'll learn that I am the LORD.

Cross over to Calneh and look around, then go on to that great city of Hamath, and from there go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Or is their territory more extensive than yours?

The people

"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.

Remember the day of Jerusalem's fall, LORD, because of the Edomites, who kept saying, "Tear it down! Tear it right down to its foundations!"

But they will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west, and they will plunder the people to the east. They'll lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.

For my sword will be seen in the heavens. Look! It descends in judgment on Edom, on the people I have doomed to destruction.

"Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah, in garments stained crimson? Who is this, robed in such splendor, marching in his great might? It is I, speaking in vindication, mighty to save.

Celebrate and rejoice, you women of Edom, who live in the land of Uz. But to you the cup also will pass you will become drunk and stripped naked.

I'm going to inundate Edom with my retribution, using my people Israel to carry it out! They'll deliver my anger, acting as an agent of my fury. Edom will come to know my vengeance,' declares the Lord GOD.'"

I will turn you into an everlasting wasteland, and your cities will never be inhabited. Then you'll learn that I am the LORD!