and rejected Esau. ¹  I turned Esau’s ²  mountains into a deserted wasteland ³  and gave his territory ⁴  to the wild jackals.”

biblegateway Mal 1:3

but I have hated Esau, and I have made his mountains a desolation and appointed his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness."

but I hated Esau. I turned his mountains into a wasteland, and gave his inheritance to the desert jackals."

but Esau I hated. I turned his mountains into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the jackals in the desert.

biblegateway Mal 1:3

but Esau I have hated, and I have turned his mountains into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals."

but Esau I have hated. I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert."

bibleoremus Mal 1:3

but I have hated Esau; I have made his hill country a desolation and his heritage a desert for jackals.

but Esau I hate, and I have reduced his hill-country to a waste, and his ancestral land to desert pastures.

biblegateway Mal 1:3

But Esau I have hated, And laid waste his mountains and his heritage For the jackals of the wilderness."

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

biblegateway Mal 1:3

and rejected Esau. ¹  I turned Esau’s ²  mountains into a deserted wasteland ³  and gave his territory ⁴  to the wild jackals.”

¹ tn Heb “and I loved Jacob, but Esau I hated.” The context indicates this is technical covenant vocabulary in which “love” and “hate” are synonymous with “choose” and “reject” respectively (see Deut 7:8; Jer 31:3; Hos 3:1; 9:15; 11:1).

² tn Heb “his”; the referent (Esau) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “I set his mountains as a desolation.”

⁴ tn Or “inheritance” (so NIV, NLT).