Exposition of the Prophecy of Malachi (4)

We cannot close our discussion and exposition of these first five verses of the first chapter of Malachi without saying a bit more in detail about the hatred of the LORD for Esau. This hatred for Esau is, indeed, not presented and mentioned here as a fact by itself; it is emphatically stated by the LORD to show Israel, on this background, that the love of God for Jacob is entirely sovereign. It is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth. We cannot close our discussion and exposition...