Malachi 1:2 KJV
I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
Matthew Henry
- The ingratitude of IsraelAll advantages, either as to outward circumstances, or spiritual privileges, come from the free love of God, who makes one to differ from another. All the...
Thompson Chains
- God's LoveSee the chain from Deuteronomy 7:8 · 10 links
- Chosen OnesSee the chain from Deuteronomy 7:6 · 5 links
Parallel Passages
- Malachi 2:14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
- Romans 9:13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Isaiah 41:8–9 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. …
- Jeremiah 31:3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
- Deuteronomy 10:15 Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
- Malachi 3:13–14 Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee? …
- Romans 9:10–13 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac; …
- Romans 11:28–29 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. …
- Genesis 25:23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
- Genesis 27:27–30 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed: …
- Genesis 27:33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
- Genesis 28:3–4 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; …
- Genesis 28:13–14 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; …
- Genesis 32:28–30 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. …
- Genesis 48:4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
- Deuteronomy 4:37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
- Deuteronomy 7:6–8 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. …
- Deuteronomy 32:8–14 When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. …
- Isaiah 43:4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
- Jeremiah 2:5 Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
- Jeremiah 2:31 O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
- Malachi 1:6–7 A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? …
- Malachi 2:17 Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
- Malachi 3:7–8 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return? …
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Topics
- Edomites Prophecies concerning
- Esau Sells his birthright for a single meal
- God Love of
- Malachi Reproves God’s people for their impiety
- Predestination General scriptures concerning
- Quotations and allusions In the new testament from, and to, the old testament
- Unbelief General scriptures concerning
Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
- EsauHairy, Rebekah’s first-born twin son (Gen 25:25). The name of Edom, “red”, was also given to him from his conduct in connection with the...
- JacobOne who follows on another’s heels; supplanter, (Gen 25:26; Gen 27:36; Hos 12:2–4), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah....
Hebrew and Strong’s
- I have loved אָהַבְתִּי ʾāhabtî אָהַב Verb · qal perfect, first person common singular
- you, saith נְאֻם nĕʾum נְאֻם Noun · masculine singular construct
- the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
- Yet ye say אֶתְכֶם ʾetkem Object marker · with suffix: second person masculine plural אָמַר ʾāmar אָמַר Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular
- Wherein hast thou loved בַּמָּה bammâ Interrogative · with preposition אֲהַבְתָּנוּ ʾăhabtānû אָהַב Verb · qal perfect, second person masculine singular · with suffix: first person common plural
- us? Was not Esau הֲלוֹא hălôʾ Negative · with question עֵשָׂו ʿēśāw עֵשָׂו Proper name
- Jacob's לְיַעֲקֹב lĕyaʿăqōb יַעֲקֹב Proper name · with preposition
- brother אָח ʾāḥ אָח Noun · masculine singular
- saith וַאֲמַרְתֶּם waʾămartem אָמַר Verb · qal perfect, second person masculine plural · with and
- the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
- yet I loved וָאֹהַב wāʾōhab אָהַב Verb · qal sequential imperfect, first person common singular · with and
- Jacob אֶת ʾet Object marker יַעֲקֹב yaʿăqōb יַעֲקֹב Proper name
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