"I have loved you," says the LORD. "Yet you say, "In what way have You loved us?' Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" Says the LORD. "Yet Jacob I have loved;
Malachi 1:2
Surrounding context
1:1 The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
1:2 "I have loved you," says the LORD. "Yet you say, "In what way have You loved us?' Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" Says the LORD. "Yet Jacob I have loved;
1:3 But Esau I have hated, And laid waste his mountains and his heritage For the jackals of the wilderness."