Malachi 1:2 meaning and explanation

“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,

Malachi 1:2, Berean Standard Bible

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Malachi delivers God's word to a post-exile community in Jerusalem who doubt God's care. The LORD opens with a plain declaration of love, and the people respond with a challenge, asking how He has loved them.

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