The Sweet Reality of God's Love

Malachi emphasizes that Jacob and Esau were in exactly the same moral position before God when God chose to put his love on Jacob. Malachi's vocabulary as he describes this downfall of Edom is borrowed from earlier prophets in the Old Testament who describe Judah's restoration after exile. So what God is saying is you think I've not loved you? Look at Edom. That's what you deserved, but I have continued to bless you.