"The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. (2) Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised."
We have here the preface, as it were, to this prophecy: and a very awful one it is. It is in vain to conceal the matter; the Lord's distinguishing grace to his people, and hatred to his enemies, is marked in every page through the whole Bible. And what the Lord saith by his servant Malachi, may and ought to be as the contents of the word of God upon all these occasions; Was not Esau Jacob's brother, saith the Lord! yet I loved Jacob and I hated Esau. Malachi 1:2-3; Romans 9:10-21.