Malachi 1:2

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“I have loved you,” says the Lord. But you say, “How hast thou loved us?” “Is not Esau Jacob's brother?” says the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob

Cross References

Genesis 25:23

And the Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples, born of you, shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the elder shall serve the younger.”

Genesis 25:25

The first came forth red, all his body like a hairy mantle; so they called his name Esau.

Genesis 25:26

Afterward his brother came forth, and his hand had taken hold of Esau's heel; so his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

Genesis 27:33

Then Isaac trembled violently, and said, “Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and I have blessed him?—yes, and he shall 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 descendants after you for an everlasting possession.’

1 Kings 10:9

Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel! Because the Lord loved Israel for ever, he has made you king, that you may execute justice and righteousness.”

2 Kings 3:8

Then he said, “By which way shall we march?” Jehoram answered, “By the way of the wilderness of Edom.”

Isaiah 43:4

Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life.

Isaiah 63:1

Who is this that comes from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah, he that is glorious in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? “It is I, announcing vindication, mighty to save.”

Jeremiah 2:31

And you, O generation, heed the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Why then do my people say, ‘We are free, we will come no more to thee’?

Jeremiah 2:5

Thus says the Lord: “What wrong did your fathers find in me that they went far from me, and went after worthlessness, and became worthless?

Jeremiah 31:3

the Lord appeared to him from afar. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.

Amos 1:11

Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because he pursued his brother with the sword, and cast off all pity, and his anger tore perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever.

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Every one who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”

Luke 10:29

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

John 15:12

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

Deuteronomy 10:15

yet the Lord set his heart in love upon your fathers and chose their descendants after them, you above all peoples, as at this day.

Deuteronomy 23:5

Nevertheless the Lord your God would not hearken to Balaam; but the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loved you.

Deuteronomy 33:3

Yea, he loved his people; all those consecrated to him were in his hand; so they followed in thy steps, receiving direction from thee,

Deuteronomy 4:37

And because he loved your fathers and chose their descendants after them, and brought you out of Egypt with his own presence, by his great power,