God Hates the Land of Edom

“I have loved you deeply,” says the LORD.But you retort, “Really?  How have you loved us?  “And the LORD replies, “I showed my love for you by loving your ancestor Jacob.  Yet Esau was Jacob’s brother, and I rejected Esau and devastated his hill country.  I turned Esau’s inheritance into a desert for jackals.”  And Esau’s descendants in Edom may say, “We have been shattered, but we will rebuild the ruins.  “But this is what the LORD Almighty says: “They may try to rebuild, but I will demolish them again!  Their country will be known as ‘The Land of Wickedness,’ and their people will be called ‘The People with Whom the LORD Is Forever Angry.’ (Malachi 1:2-4 NLT)