Malachi 1:2

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

*I have loved you,* says the LORD. Yet you say, *How have you loved us?* *Wasn't Esav Ya`akov's brother?* says the LORD, *Yet I loved Ya`akov;

Cross References

Genesis 25:23

The LORD said to her, Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder will serve the younger.

Genesis 25:25

The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment. They named him Esav.

Genesis 25:26

After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esav's heel. He was named Ya`akov. Yitzchak was sixty years old when she bore them.

Genesis 27:33

Yitzchak trembled violently, and said, *Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed.*

Genesis 48:4

and said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your seed after you for an everlasting possession.'

1 Kings 10:9

Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Yisra'el: because the LORD loved Yisra'el forever, therefore made he you king, to do justice and righteousness.

2 Kings 3:8

He said, Which way shall we go up? He answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom.

Isaiah 43:4

Since you have been precious and honored in my sight, and I have loved you; therefore I will give people in your place, and nations instead of your life.

Isaiah 63:1

Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Botzrah? this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength? I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.

Jeremiah 2:31

Generation, see the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Yisra'el? or a land of thick darkness? why say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more to you?

Jeremiah 2:5

thus says the LORD, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

Jeremiah 31:3

The LORD appeared of old to me, [saying], Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you.

Amos 1:11

Thus says the LORD: *For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he pursued his brother with the sword, and cast off all pity, and his anger raged continually, and he kept his wrath forever;

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, 'How have we wearied him?' In that you say, 'Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them;' or 'Where is the God of justice?'

Luke 10:29

But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Yeshua, *Who is my neighbor?*

John 15:12

*This is my mitzvah, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

Deuteronomy 10:15

Only the LORD had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.

Deuteronomy 23:5

Nevertheless the LORD your God wouldn't listen to Bil`am; but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because the LORD your God loved you.

Deuteronomy 33:3

Yes, he loves the people. All his holy ones are in your hand. They sat down at your feet; [Everyone] shall receive of your words.

Deuteronomy 4:37

Because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought you out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;