Malachi 1:2

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

I have loved you, says Jehovah. But you say, In what way have You loved us? Was not Esau brother to Jacob, and I loved Jacob? A statement of Jehovah.

Cross References

Genesis 25:23

And Jehovah said to her, Two nations are in your womb; even two peoples shall break from your body. And one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

Genesis 25:25

And the first came out, all of him red like a hairy robe; and they called his name Esau.

Genesis 25:26

And afterward his brother came out, and his hand was holding to the heel of Esau; and his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was a son of sixty years when she bore them.

Genesis 27:33

And Isaac was terrified with a very great anxiety. And he said, Who then was the one who hunted game and came to me; and I ate from it all before you came; and I blessed him? Yea, he shall be blessed.

Genesis 48:4

and said to me, Behold, I will make you fruitful and will multiply you, and will make you a multitude of peoples. And I will give this land to your seed after you as a possession forever.

1 Kings 10:9

Blessed be Jehovah your God who delighted in you, putting your person on the throne of Israel, because Jehovah loved Israel forever, therefore He appointed you king, to do judgment and righteousness.

2 Kings 3:8

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

Isaiah 43:4

Since you were precious in My eyes, you are honored, and I love you, and I give men instead of you; and peoples instead of your soul.

Isaiah 63:1

Who is this who comes from Edom with dyed garments from Bozrah, this One adorned in His clothing, bending in His great power? It is I, speaking in righteousness, greatness to save!

Jeremiah 2:31

O generation, see the Word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of darkness? Why do My people say, We roam; we will come no more to You.

Jeremiah 2:5

So says Jehovah, What iniquity have your fathers found in Me, that they went far from Me and have walked after vanity, and have become vain?

Jeremiah 31:3

Jehovah has appeared to me from far away, saying, Yea, I have loved you with an everlasting love! Therefore with loving kindness I have drawn you.

Amos 1:11

So says Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn back from it, for he pursued his brother with the sword, and corrupted his compassions, and his anger has torn perpetually, and he kept it, his wrath, forever.

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied Jehovah with your words. Yet you say, In what way have we wearied Him? When you say, Every doer of evil is good in the eyes of Jehovah, and in them He delights; or, Where is the God of justice?

Luke 10:29

But desiring to justify himself, he said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?

John 15:12

This is My commandment, that you love one another as I loved you.

Deuteronomy 10:15

Only, Jehovah has delighted in your fathers, to love them; and He chose their seed after them, on you out of all the peoples, as it is today.

Deuteronomy 23:5

But Jehovah your God would not listen to Balaam, and Jehovah your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because Jehovah your God loved you.

Deuteronomy 33:3

Yes, He loves the peoples; all His holy ones are in Your hand; and they sit down at Your feet; He lifts up each at Your words.

Deuteronomy 4:37

And because He loved your fathers, and chose their seed after them, and brought you out with His presence, with His great power, out of Egypt,