And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsbut Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.
but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”
Is not Esau Jacob's brother? --an affirmation of Jehovah, And I love Jacob, and Esau I have hated, And I make his mountains a desolation, And his inheritance for dragons of a wilderness.
and I hated Esau; and made his mountains a desolation, and [gave] his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentMalachi — The last Old Testament voice — a prophet in dialogue with a community grown cynical about covenant. ‘I am the LORD, I change not.’
- Author
- Malachi (1:1) — whose name means ‘my messenger’; possibly a personal name, possibly a title
- Date
- c. 430 BC, the late post-exilic period (contemporary with Nehemiah's second term)