Malachi 1:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

instead of Esau. And I turned Esau's hill country into a barren desert where jackals roam.

Cross References

Genesis 25:23

and he told her: “Your two sons will become two separate nations. The younger of the two will be stronger, and the elder son will be his servant.”

Isaiah 35:7

Scorching sand will turn into a lake, and thirsty ground will flow with fountains. Grass will grow in wetlands, where packs of wild dogs once made their home.

Jeremiah 49:10

But I will take everything that belongs to you, people of Edom, and I will uncover every place where you try to hide. Then you will die, and so will your children, relatives, and neighbours.

Jeremiah 49:20

Listen to my plans for you, people of Edom. Your children will be dragged off and your country destroyed.

Jeremiah 49:33

Only jackals will live where your villages once stood. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Jeremiah 49:7

The LORD All-Powerful says about Edom: Wisdom and common sense have vanished from Teman. I will send disaster to punish you descendants of Esau, so anyone from Dedan had better turn round and run back home.

Jeremiah 51:37

Babylon will be a pile of rubble where only jackals live. People will laugh, but they will be afraid to walk among the ruins.

Jeremiah 9:11

I heard the LORD reply, “When I have finished, Jerusalem and the towns of Judah will be piles of ruins where only jackals live.”

Lamentations 4:22

The people of Zion have paid for their sins, and the Lord will soon let them return home. But, people of Edom, you will be punished, and your sins exposed.

Ezekiel 36:7

so I will now insult and disgrace them. That is my solemn promise.

Ezekiel 36:9

I will take care of you by ploughing your soil and planting crops on your fertile slopes.

Joel 3:19

Egypt and Edom were cruel and brutal to Judah, without a reason. Now their countries will become a barren desert,

Obadiah 1:10

You were cruel to your relatives, the descendants of Jacob. Now you will be destroyed, disgraced for ever.

Luke 14:26

You cannot be my disciple, unless you love me more than you love your father and mother, your wife and children, and your brothers and sisters. You cannot come with me unless you love me more than you love your own life.