Malachi 1:3

In 11 translations

BSB

but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”Cited in Romans 9:13Or to the serpents of the wilderness or to the dragons of the wilderness

KJV

And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

WEB

but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.”

ASV

but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.

LSV

Is not Esau Jacob’s brother?” A declaration of YHWH, || “And I love Jacob, and Esau I have hated, || And I make his mountains a desolation, || And his inheritance for dragons of a wilderness.

YLT

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.

DBY

and I hated Esau; and made his mountains a desolation, and [gave] his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness.

DRC

But have hated Esau? and I have made his mountains a wilderness, and given his inheritance to the dragons of the desert.

GNV

And I hated Esau, and made his mountaines wast, and his heritage a wildernes for dragons.

JPS

But Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.

LXXE

and hated Esau, and laid waste his borders, and made his heritage as dwellings of the wilderness?Lit. appointed them for desolation.

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WLC

וְאֶת־עֵשָׂ֖ו שָׂנֵ֑אתִי וָאָשִׂ֤ים אֶת־הָרָיו֙ שְׁמָמָ֔ה וְאֶת־נַחֲלָת֖וֹ לְתַנּ֥וֹת מִדְבָּֽר׃

LXX-Br

τὸν δὲ Ἠσαῦ ἐμίσησα, καὶ ἔταξα τὰ ὅρια αὐτοῦ εἰς ἀφανισμὸν, καὶ τὴν κληρονομίαν αὐτοῦ εἰς δώματα ἐρήμου;

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• Obadiah 1:10Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.
• Joel 3:19Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.
• Ezekiel 35:3–4and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste. I will turn your cities into ruins, and you will become a…
• Jeremiah 49:16–18The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring…
• Ezekiel 36:9For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown.
• Ezekiel 25:13–14therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword. I will take My…
• Ezekiel 36:3–4therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up…
• Jeremiah 9:11“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
• Isaiah 34:9–14Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch. It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie…
• Jeremiah 49:10But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more.
• Jeremiah 51:37Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.
• Obadiah 1:18–21Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of Esau will be stubble— Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it. Therefore no survivor will remain from the house…
• Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
• Ezekiel 36:14–15therefore you will no longer devour men or deprive your nation of its children, declares the Lord GOD. I will no longer allow the taunts of the nations to be heard against you, and you will no longer endure the…
• Isaiah 35:7The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.
• Isaiah 13:21–22But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about. Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces.…

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