אָהַ֤בְתִּי אֶתְכֶם֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם בַּמָּ֣ה אֲהַבְתָּ֑נוּ הֲלוֹא־אָ֨ח עֵשָׂ֤ו לְיַֽעֲקֹב֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וָאֹהַ֖ב אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹֽב׃
“Aku mengasihi kamu,” firman Yang Mahakekal. Tetapi kamu berkata, “Dengan apakah Engkau mengasihi kami?” “Bukankah Esau saudara Yakub?” demikianlah firman Yang Mahakekal. “Namun Aku mengasihi Yakub,
Rashi
And I loved Jacob And I gave him (Jer. 3:19) “a desirable land, an inheritance of the desire of hosts of nations”; a land that all the hosts of nations desire.
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“I have loved you, says the Lord” [1:2]. God says, I love you, and you will say: with what does He love us? Is not Esau a brother to Jacob, says God? I have loved Jacob and I hate Esau. I will expel Esau from the Holy Land. I will give the Holy Land to you, Jacob. With this it will be recognized that I love you.2Rashi, Malachi, 1:2. A parable. A person has two sons. He gives the older one the best land as an inheritance. In the same way, I will give the land of Israel, the good land, to Israel.