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 knew it, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria in pride and arrogance of heart, saying,

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there, and carry on business and make a profit,"

They shall build

[He is] wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted him and succeeded?

If he tears down, then it will not be rebuilt; if he shuts a man in, then he cannot be freed.

but he remains quiet, and who can condemn? And he hides [his] face, and who can behold him? Yet [he is] over a nation and over a person alike,

Unless Yahweh builds a house, its builders labor at it in vain. Unless Yahweh guards a city, a guard watches in vain.

There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel to oppose Yahweh.

{save that they bow down under the prisoners and fall under the slain}? In all of this his anger has not turned away, and still his hand [is] stretched out.

{Who can speak} and it will happen [if] the Lord has not commanded [it]?

The one who is not with me is against me, and the one who does not gather with me scatters.

The border

And there is hope for your future," {declares} Yahweh, "and [your] children will return to their territory.

By the sword you will fall at the border of Israel; I will judge you, and you will know that I [am] Yahweh.

Cross over [to] Calneh and see, and go from there [to] Hamath Rabbah and go down [to] Gath of the Philistines. [Are] you better than these kingdoms, or is their territory greater than your territory?

The people

but Esau I have hated. I have made his mountain ranges a desolation, and [given] his inheritance to the jackals of [the] desert."

Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of Edom the day of Jerusalem, the ones who said, "Lay [it] bare! Lay [it] bare to its foundation!"

But they shall {swoop} upon [the] Philistine shoulder, {westward}. Together they shall plunder [the] sons of [the] east. Edom and Moab {will be under their command}, and the sons of Ammon [will be] their subjugated people.

When my sword is drenched in the heavens, look! It will descend upon Edom, and upon the people of my ban, for judgment.

Who [is] this, coming from Edom, from Bozrah [in] bright red garments? [Who is] this honored in his garment, lying down in his great strength? "[It is] I, speaking in justice, {mighty} to save!"

Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz; but to you also the cup will pass, you will become drunk and strip yourself bare.

And I will exact my vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel, and they will do in Edom according to my anger and according to my rage, and they will know my vengeance," {declares} the Lord Yahweh.

{An everlasting desolation} I will make you, and your cities will not return, and you will know that I [am] Yahweh.