Malachi 1:3

New Century Version

but I hated Esau. I destroyed his mountain country and left his land to the wild dogs of the desert.”

Cross References

Genesis 25:23

The Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your body, and two groups of people will be taken from you. One group will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”

Isaiah 35:7

The burning desert will have pools of water, and the dry ground will have springs. Where wild dogs once lived, grass and water plants will grow.

Jeremiah 49:10

But I will strip Edom bare. I will find all their hiding places, so they will not be able to hide from me. The children, relatives, and neighbors will die, and Edom will be no more.

Jeremiah 49:20

So listen to what the Lord has planned to do against Edom. Listen to what he has decided to do to the people in the town of Teman. He will surely drag away the young ones of Edom. Their hometowns will surely be shocked at what happens to them.

Jeremiah 49:33

“The city of Hazor will become a home for wild dogs; it will be an empty desert forever. No one will live there, and no one will stay in it.”

Jeremiah 49:7

This message is to Edom. This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “Is there no more wisdom in the town of Teman? Can the wise men of Edom no longer give good advice? Have they lost their wisdom?

Jeremiah 49:8

You people living in the town of Dedan, run away and hide in deep caves, because I will bring disaster on the people of Esau. It is time for me to punish them.

Jeremiah 51:37

Babylon will become a pile of ruins, a home for wild dogs. People will be shocked by what happened there. No one will live there anymore.

Jeremiah 9:11

“I, the Lord, will make the city of Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a home for wild dogs. I will destroy the cities of Judah so no one can live there.”

Lamentations 4:22

Your punishment is complete, Jerusalem. He will not send you into captivity again. But the Lord will punish the sins of Edom; he will uncover your evil.

Ezekiel 36:7

So this is what the Lord God says: I promise that the nations around you will also have to suffer insults.

Ezekiel 36:9

I am concerned about you; I am on your side. You will be plowed, and seed will be planted in you.

Joel 3:19

But Egypt will become empty, and Edom an empty desert, because they were cruel to the people of Judah. They killed innocent people in that land.

Obadiah 1:10

You did violence to your relatives, the Israelites, so you will be covered with shame and destroyed forever.

Luke 14:26

“If anyone comes to me but loves his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, or sisters—or even life—more than me, he cannot be my follower.