But if Edom shall say: We are destroyed, but we will return and build up what hath been destroyed: thus saith the Lord of hosts: They shall build up, and I will throw down: and they shall be called the borders of wickedness, and the people with whom the Lord is angry for ever.
Malachi 1:2 I have loved you, saith the Lord: and you have said: Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau brother to Jacob, saith the Lord, and I have loved Jacob,
Malachi 1:3 But have hated Esau? and I have made his mountains a wilderness, and given his inheritance to the dragons of the desert.
Malachi 1:4 But if Edom shall say: We are destroyed, but we will return and build up what hath been destroyed: thus saith the Lord of hosts: They shall build up, and I will throw down: and they shall be called the borders of wickedness, and the people with whom the Lord is angry for ever.
Malachi 1:5 And your eyes shall see: and you shall say: The Lord be magnified upon the border of Israel.
Malachi 1:6 The son honoureth the father, and the servant his master: if then I be a father, where is my honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear: saith the Lord of hosts.
The verse centers on "called", "edom", "shall", "destroyed", "return", "build", "hath", and "been". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "edom", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 3's "But have hated Esau and I have..." into verse 5's "And your eyes shall see and you...", so "called" and "edom" belong inside that flow. In Malachi context, the local focus is covenant faithfulness, priestly corruption, divine justice, and the coming day of the LORD.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "called" and "edom" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.