Because one will say, Idumea 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 for ever.
LXX2012
Malachi 1:4
Because one will say, Idumea has been overthrown, but let us return and rebuild the desolate places; thus says 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 for ever.
Parallel Translations
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.
Whereas Edom says, “We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places,” Yahweh of Armies says, “They shall build, but I will throw down; and men will call them ‘The Wicked Land,’ even the people against whom Yahweh shows wrath forever.”
Cross References
Ezekiel 25:14Ezekiel 35:9Isaiah 11:14Psalms 127:1Isaiah 10:15–16Isaiah 9:9–10Jeremiah 31:17Ezekiel 11:10Lamentations 3:37Lamentations 4:21–22Isaiah 63:1–6Isaiah 34:5Job 12:14James 4:13–16Isaiah 34:10
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