Malachi 1:3

New American Bible - revised edition

Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?—oracle of the Lord. I loved Jacob, but rejected Esau; I made his mountains a waste, his heritage a desert for jackals.

Cross References

Genesis 25:23

and the Lord answered her: Two nations are in your womb, two peoples are separating while still within you; But one will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.

Isaiah 35:7

The burning sands will become pools, and the thirsty ground, springs of water; The abode where jackals crouch will be a marsh for the reed and papyrus.

Jeremiah 49:10

So I myself will strip Esau; I will uncover his lairs so he cannot hide. Offspring and family are destroyed, neighbors, too; he is no more.

Jeremiah 49:20

Therefore, listen to the strategy the Lord devised for Edom; The plans he has drawn up against the inhabitants of Teman: They shall be dragged away, even the smallest of the flock; their pasture shall be aghast because of them.

Jeremiah 49:33

Hazor shall become a haunt for jackals, a wasteland forever, Where no one lives, no mortal stays. Against Elam.

Jeremiah 49:7

Concerning Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts: Is there no more wisdom in Teman, has counsel perished from the prudent, is their wisdom gone?

Jeremiah 49:8

Flee, retreat, hide deep for lodging, inhabitants of Dedan: For I bring disaster upon Esau when I come to punish them.

Jeremiah 51:37

Babylon shall become a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals; A place of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.

Jeremiah 9:11

Who is wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken? Let him declare it! Why is the land ravaged, scorched like a wilderness no one crosses?

Lamentations 4:22

Your punishment is completed, daughter Zion, the Lord will not prolong your exile; The Lord will punish your iniquity, daughter Edom, will lay bare your sins.

Ezekiel 36:7

Therefore, thus says the Lord God: I raise my hand and swear: the nations around you shall bear their own reproach.

Ezekiel 36:9

Look! I am for you! I will turn my face toward you; you will be plowed and planted.

Obadiah 1:10

Because of violence to your brother Jacob, disgrace will cover you, you will be done away with forever!

Luke 14:26

“If any one comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.