Malachi 1:3 BSB — MannaFest

Malachi 1:3

but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And I made his mountains a waste, and his heritage for the jackals of the wilderness - o Malachi attests the first stage of fulfillment of Joel’s prophecy (Joe 3:19, vol. i. pp. 214, 215), “Edom shall be a desolate wilderness.” In temporal things, Esau’s blessing was identical with Jacob’s; “the fatness of the earth and of the dew of heaven from above;” and the rich soil on the terraces of its mountain-sides, though yielding nothing now except a wild beautiful vegetation, and its deep glens, attest what they once must have been, when artificially watered and cultivated.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

His heritage - Mount Seir with the neighbouring mountains. Waste - By Nebuchadnezzar's arms five years after the sacking of Jerusalem, and whereas Jacob's captivity returned, and their cities were rebuilt, Esau's never were. The dragons - Creatures which delight in desolate places, by which the utter desolation of Esau is signified.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
עֵשָׂ֖ו	'e.Sav	Esau	H6215 →
שָׂנֵ֑אתִי	sa.Ne.ti	I hated	H8130 →
וָאָשִׂ֤ים	va.'a.Sim	and I have made	H7760 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָרָיו֙	ha.Rav	mountains his	H2022 →
שְׁמָמָ֔ה	she.ma.Mah	a waste	H8077 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
נַחֲלָת֖וֹ	na.cha.la.To	inheritance his	H5159 →
לְתַנּ֥וֹת	le.ta.Not	for jackals of	H8577 →
מִדְבָּֽר׃	mid.Bar	[the] wilderness	H4057 →

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Obadiah 1:10
Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.
leads to
- Malachi 1:3–4
  but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Amos 1:11
  This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged…
- Genesis 27:41
  Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will…
- Psalms 89:45
  You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah
- Psalms 137:7
  Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
Through
Joel 3:19
Egypt 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.
leads to
- Isaiah 19:1–15
  This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will…
- Jeremiah 51:35
  May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,” says the dweller of Zion. “May my blood be on the dwellers of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem.
Through
Jeremiah 49:10
But 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…
leads to
- Isaiah 17:14
  In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.