Malachi 1:3
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
In other versions
but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and `gave' his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.
ASV
And Esau was hated, and I sent destruction on his mountains, and gave his heritage to the beasts of the waste land.
BBE
and I hated Esau; and made his mountains a desolation, and [gave] his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness.
DBY
but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness."
WEB
Is not Esau Jacob's brother? -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And I love Jacob, and Esau I have hated, And I make his mountains a desolation, And his inheritance for dragons of a wilderness.
YLT
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
ENG
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
WBT
but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”
BSB
In context
1The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
2I 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,
3And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
4Whereas 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.
5And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel.