Mal Malachi, chapter Book of Malachi, chapter 1
I have loved1:2. The tense of the verb indicates not just a past action but a past action that continues in the present. you, says the Lord.
But you ask, “How have you loved us?”
Wasn't Esau Jacob's brother? the Lord responds. But I loved Jacob Rom 9:13and despised Esau. I have made Esau's mountain homeland into a wasteland, and turned his inheritance into a desert for jackals.Isa 13:22; Jer 9:11; Ezk 35:9