Malachi 1:4
Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the Lord of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the Lord is indignant forever.
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,” the Lord of Armies says, “They shall build, but I will throw down; and men will call them ‘The Wicked Land,’ even the people against whom the Lord shows wrath forever.”
Whereas Edom saith, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places; thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and men shall call them The border of wickedness, and The people against whom Jehovah hath indignation for ever.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- but
- Isaiah 9:9, 10; James 4:13–16
- They shall build
- Job 9:4; Job 12:14; Job 34:29; Psalm 127:1; Proverbs 21:30; Isaiah 10:4, 15, 16; Lamentations 3:37; Matthew 12:30
- The border
- Jeremiah 31:17; Ezekiel 11:10; Amos 6:2
- The people
- Malachi 1:3; Psalm 137:7; Isaiah 11:14; Isaiah 34:5, 10; Isaiah 63:1–6; Lamentations 4:21, 22; Ezekiel 25:14; Ezekiel 35:9