Malachi

How Malachi begins

The first verses of Malachi 1 in the King James Version.

1. Mal 1:1

   The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.

2. Mal 1:2

   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,

3. Mal 1:3

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

4. Mal 1:4

   Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord hath indignation for ever.

5. Mal 1:5

   And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The Lord will be magnified from the border of Israel.

Keep reading

Malachi is book 39 of the 66 in the King James Bible, with 4 chapters and 55 verses in the public-domain text.