Complete Malachi 1:2-3: "Yet Jacob I have loved, but ... I have hated."

Answer: Esau

God answered Israel's doubt of His love by contrasting Jacob with his brother Esau. Paul quotes this in Romans 9:13.

““I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.””— Malachi 1:2-3 (BSB)