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If "God so loved the world" (John 3:16) meant God loves everybody, then why does David say "You hate all who do iniquity" (Psalm 5:5)? Why was Esau not loved like Jacob, but hated? (Malachi 1-3)
posted ago by ListenCarefully ago by ListenCarefully +4 / -7

Did the Bible lie about God? Does it say in one place that He loves all people while in another he hates all who do iniquity? If He loves everybody, like millions believe, then why does it say He hated Esau?

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– GrizzlyHash 2 points ago +2 / -0

Esau would have been one of these. in•iq•ui•ty n. Gross immorality or injustice; wickedness. n. A grossly immoral act; a sin. n. Lack of equity; gross injustice; unrighteousness; wickedness: as, the iniquity of the slave-trade.

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– ListenCarefully [S] -2 points ago +2 / -4

Esau was hated by God before he was ever born, before he ever did anything good or bad.

Iniquity is sin. It's commiting a sin. David understood his iniquity was great, which is why he prayed for his to be pardoned. Yet God never hated David.

For Your name’s sake, O Lord, Pardon my iniquity, for it is great. — Psalm 25:11

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