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 \p
 \v 2-3 Yahweh says, "I have loved you." But I, Malachi, hear you people reply, "How have you shown us that you love us?"
 \p Yahweh replies, 
-\pi "Is it not true that Esau and Jacob were brothers? Yet I have a covenant with Jacob and his descendants, but I have no covenant with Esau and his descendants. I caused Esau's land to be abandoned, a place where only wild dogs live."
+\pi "Is it not true that Esau and Jacob were brothers? Yet I have a covenant with Jacob and his descendants, but I have no covenant with Esau and his descendants. I caused Esau's region to be abandoned, a place where wild dogs live."
 
 \s5
 \p