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NASB | Malachi 1:4 Though Edom says, "We have been beaten down, but we will return and build up the ruins"; thus says the LORD of hosts, "They may build, but I will tear down; and men will call them the wicked territory, and the people toward whom the LORD is indignant forever." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Malachi 1:4 Though [impoverished] Edom says, "We have been beaten down, but we will return and build up the ruins." Thus says the LORD of hosts, "They may build, but I will tear down; and men will call them the Wicked Territory, the people against whom the LORD is indignant forever." |
Bible Question: Who are the Edomites today? Do they still claim descent from Esau? |
Bible Answer: The Edomites were only partly descended from Esau. He joined up in the territory of Edom with a large number of people whose descendants would also be Edomites (Genesis 33.1). No doubt others also later joined the tribe and became Edomites. They were overrun by the Nabataeans in 3rd century BC and mainly fled to Southern Judah were John Hyrcanus later forced them to become Jews and be circumcised. Herod was one of these i.e. an Idumaean. They were thus absorbed into Judaism. |
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