Malachi 1:4 Cross References: Whereas Edom saith, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down: and men shall call them The border of wickedness, and The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.

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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 toward whom the LORD is indignant forever.

Cross References

Isaiah 9:9
All the people will know it--Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria. With pride and arrogance of heart they will say:

Isaiah 9:10
"The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars."

Isaiah 34:5
When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, on the people I have set apart for destruction.

Isaiah 34:10
It will not be quenched--day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever pass through it again.

Jeremiah 5:17
They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.

Jeremiah 49:8
Turn and run! Lie low, O residents of Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time I punish him.

Jeremiah 49:20
Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has made against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: The little ones of the flock will surely be dragged away, and their pasture will be made desolate because of them.

Lamentations 4:22
O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.

Ezekiel 25:13
therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword.

Ezekiel 26:14
I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread the fishing nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the LORD, have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.'

Ezekiel 35:4
I will turn your cities into ruins, and you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 35:9
I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Amos 3:15
I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the mansions will come to an end," declares the LORD.

Amos 5:11
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.

Amos 6:11
For the LORD gives a command: "The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble."

Obadiah 1:1
This is the vision of Obadiah: This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom--We have heard a message from the LORD; An envoy has been sent among the nations to say, "Rise up, and let us go to battle against her!"

Obadiah 1:10
Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.

Chapter Outline

1. Malachi complains of Israel's unkindness;
2. of their irreverence and profaneness.

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but.

Isaiah 9:9, 10
All the people will know it--Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria. With pride and arrogance of heart they will say: . . .

James 4:13-16
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit." . . .

They shall build.

Job 9:4
God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?

Job 12:14
What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.

Job 34:29
But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,

Psalm 127:1
Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.

Proverbs 21:30
No wisdom, no understanding, and no counsel can prevail against the LORD.

Isaiah 10:4, 15, 16
Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised. . . .

Lamentations 3:37
Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?

Matthew 12:30
He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

The border.

Jeremiah 31:17
So there is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and your children will return to their own land.

Ezekiel 11:10
You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you to the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Amos 6:2
Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?

The people.

Malachi 1:3
but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals."

Psalm 137:7
Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: "Destroy it, " they said, "tear it down to its foundations!"

Isaiah 11:14
They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the people of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.

Isaiah 34:5, 10
When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, on the people I have set apart for destruction. . . .

Isaiah 63:1-6
Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? "It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save." . . .

Lamentations 4:21, 22
So rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, who dwells in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself. . . .

Ezekiel 25:14
I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to My anger and wrath. Then they will know My vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.'

Ezekiel 35:9
I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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