Holy Scripture
Malachi 1:2
A church father on this verse
“Furthermore, who would be so impiously foolish as to say that God cannot turn the evil wills of people—as he wills, when he wills and where he wills—toward the good? But when he acts, he acts through mercy; when he does not act, it is through justice. For "he has mercy on whom he wills, and whom he wills, he hardens."…”
Source: Septuagint
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2I have loved you, saith the Lord. And ye said, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob,
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1The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by the hand of his messenger. Lay it, I pray you, to heart.
— Malachi 1:2 —
3and hated Esau, and laid waste his borders, and made his heritage as dwellings of the wilderness?
4Because one will say, Edom has been overthrown, but let us return and rebuild the desolate places; thus saith the Lord Almighty, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall be called The borders of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord has set himself forever.