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I have loved you, says Yahweh. Yet you say, Wherein have you loved us? Was not Esau Jacob`s brother, says Yahweh: yet I loved Jacob;
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God's Proven Love
God begins by reminding Israel of His special, covenant love. Commentators explain this isn't a vague feeling but a love demonstrated through concrete historical acts: choosing them, giving them the Law, and, most recently, restoring them from exile. The people's cynical question, "How have you loved us?" highlights their deep ingratitude in the face of God's faithfulness.
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Malachi
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I have loved you, says the Lord. What a volume of Godās relationship to us is contained in these simple words: "I have loved you." ā¦
19th Century
Anglican
I have loved (Malachi 1:2) ā that is, shown abundant proof of my love. The prophet goes on to show how God haā¦
16th Century
Protestant
I am compelled by the context to read all these verses, for the sense cannot be otherwise completed. God expostulates here with a perverse and ungrā¦
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I have loved you, says the Lord Which appeared of old, by choosing them, above all people upon the face of the earthā¦
All advantages, either as to outward circumstances, or spiritual privileges, come from the free love of God, who makes one differ from another. Allā¦