Maleakhi 1:2

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

Maleakhi 1:5

1:5 Your eyes will see it, and then you will say, ‘May the Lord be magnified ¹  even beyond the border of Israel!’”

Maleakhi 3:4

3:4 The offerings ²  of Judah and Jerusalem ³  will be pleasing to the Lord as in former times and years past.

Maleakhi 3:12-13

3:12 “All nations will call you happy, for you indeed will live in ⁴  a delightful land,” says the Lord who rules over all.

Resistance to the Lord through Self-sufficiency

3:13 “You have criticized me sharply,” ⁵  says the Lord, “but you ask, ‘How have we criticized you?’

[1:5]  ¹ tn Or “Great is the Lord” (so NAB; similar NIV, NRSV).

[3:4]  ² tn Or “gift.”

[3:4]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[3:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “will be” (so NAB, NRSV); TEV “your land will be a good place to live in.”

[3:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “your words are hard [or “strong”] against me”; cf. NIV “said harsh things against me”; TEV, NLT “said terrible things about me.”