# Malachi 1:4

> The King James Version (1769) is in the public domain in the United States.

- Edition: kjv
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- Book: [Malachi](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/malachi)
- Chapter: [Malachi 1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/malachi/1)
- License: The King James Version (1769) is in the public domain in the United States.
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Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.