1:2 “I have shown love to you,” says the Lord, but you say, “How have you shown love to us?”
“Esau was Jacob’s brother,” the Lord explains, “yet I chose Jacob 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.”
1:4 Edom 5 says, “Though we are devastated, we will once again build the ruined places.” So the Lord who rules over all 6 responds, “They indeed may build, but I will overthrow. They will be known as 7 the land of evil, the people with whom the Lord is permanently displeased. 1:5 Your eyes will see it, and then you will say, ‘May the Lord be magnified 8 even beyond the border of Israel!’”