Deuteronomy 7:6 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures 6 For you are a holy people to Jehovah your God, and Jehovah your God has chosen you to become his people, his special property,* out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.+ Malachi 1:2 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures 2 “I have shown love to you people,”+ says Jehovah. But you say: “How have you shown us love?” “Was not Eʹsau the brother of Jacob?”+ declares Jehovah. “But I loved Jacob,
6 For you are a holy people to Jehovah your God, and Jehovah your God has chosen you to become his people, his special property,* out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.+
2 “I have shown love to you people,”+ says Jehovah. But you say: “How have you shown us love?” “Was not Eʹsau the brother of Jacob?”+ declares Jehovah. “But I loved Jacob,