Malachi 1:3

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but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness."

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Edom was the territory southeast of Judah, associated with Esau’s descendants and often hostile to Israel. In Malachi 1:3, its devastated land and inheritance illustrate God’s judicial rejection of Esau’s line, contrasting with his covenantal love for Jacob.

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Malachi 1:3 mentions Edom.