Malachi 1:2

Tree of Life Version

“I loved you,” says Adonai. But you say: “How have you loved us?” “Was Esau not Jacob’s brother?” —it is the declaration of Adonai— “Yet I loved Jacob

Cross References

Genesis 25:23

Adonai said to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from your body will be separated. One people will be stronger than the other people, but the older will serve the younger.”

Genesis 25:25

Now the first came out reddish, all of him was like a fur coat, and they named him Esau.

Genesis 25:26

Afterward his brother came out with his hand holding onto Esau’s heel—so he was named Jacob. Isaac was 60 years old when he fathered them.

Genesis 27:33

Then Isaac trembled with intense trembling and said, “Who was it then that hunted wild game and brought it to me? I ate it all just before you came and I blessed him—and yes, he will be blessed.”

Genesis 48:4

He said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful and multiply you and turn you into an assembly of peoples, and I will give this land to your seed after you as an everlasting possession.’

1 Kings 10:9

Blessed be Adonai your God, who delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. It is because of Adonai’s everlasting love for Israel that He made you king, to do justice and righteousness.”

2 Kings 3:8

And he added, “By which route will we go up?” He answered, “The route of the wilderness of Edom.”

Isaiah 43:4

Since you are precious in My eyes, honored, because I love you, I will give a man in exchange for you, and other peoples for your life.

Isaiah 63:1

“Who is this coming from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah? This One splendid in His apparel, pressing forward in His great might?” “It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”

Jeremiah 2:31

You, generation, heed Adonai’s word! “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of thick darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam. We won’t come to You any more’?

Jeremiah 2:5

Thus says Adonai: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me? They walked after worthless things, becoming worthless themselves?

Jeremiah 31:3

Again I will build you, so you will be rebuilt, virgin Israel! Again you will take up your tambourines as ornaments, and go out to dances of merrymakers.

Amos 1:11

Thus says Adonai: For three crimes of Edom even for four, I will not relent. For he pursued his brother with a sword and stifled his compassion. For his anger tore continually, and he kept his wrath forever.

Malachi 2:17

You wearied Adonai with your words. Yet you say: “How did we weary Him?” When you say: “Everyone doing evil is good in the sight of Adonai, and He delights in them.” Or, “Where is the God of justice?”

Luke 10:29

But wanting to vindicate himself, he said to Yeshua, “Then who is my neighbor?”

John 15:12

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

Deuteronomy 10:15

Only on your fathers did Adonai set His affection to love them, and He chose their descendants after them—you—from all the peoples, as is the case this day.

Deuteronomy 23:5

because they did not meet you with bread and water on the way when you came out from Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam son of Beor from Petor of Aram-naharaim to curse you.

Deuteronomy 33:3

Indeed, a lover of peoples is He— all His kedoshim are in His hand. They followed in Your steps, each receiving Your words.

Deuteronomy 4:37

Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them. Then He brought you out from Egypt with His presence, by His great power—