Malachi 1:3

dragons. jackals. Compare Isaiah 13:22; Isaiah 34:13.Jeremiah 9:11; Jeremiah 10:22; Jeremiah 49:33; Jeremiah 51:37.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And I made his mountains a waste, and his heritage for the jackals of the wilderness - o Malachi attests the first stage of fulfillment of Jo...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And I (c) hated Esau, (1) and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. (c) For besides this the signs of my hatr...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

We now see what I have just referred to, — that the Jews are reminded of God’s gratuitous covenant, that they might cease to excuse their wicke...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. And I hated Esau - I have shown him less love; Ge...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Yet I loved Jacob, &c.— These words are not to be taken according to modern ideas; for in Scripture, when love and hatred are spoken of God, ar...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

After the introductory word, which really constitutes the title page of the prophecy, the message begins almost abruptly with the tender and sensitiv...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I hated Esau ,.... Or, "rejected" him, as the Targum; did not love him as Jacob: this was a negative, not positive hatred; it is true of him, pe...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I hated; I loved not Esau or his posterity as I loved Jacob and his posterity: this not loving, comparatively, is a hating, God showed not the same...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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³ And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

Related Commentaries of Malachi 1:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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