Though Edom say, wee are impouerished, but we will returne and build the desolate places, yet sayeth the Lord of hostes, they shall builde, but I will destroy it, and they shall call them, The border of wickednes, and the people, with whome the Lord is angrie for euer.
Malachi 1:2 I haue loued you, sayth the Lord: yet yee say, Wherein hast thou loued vs? Was not Esau Iaakobs brother, saith the Lord? yet I loued Iaakob,
Malachi 1:3 And I hated Esau, and made his mountaines wast, and his heritage a wildernes for dragons.
Malachi 1:4 Though Edom say, wee are impouerished, but we will returne and build the desolate places, yet sayeth the Lord of hostes, they shall builde, but I will destroy it, and they shall call them, The border of wickednes, and the people, with whome the Lord is angrie for euer.
Malachi 1:5 And your eyes shall see it, and yee shall say, The Lord will be magnified vpon the border of Israel.
Malachi 1:6 A sonne honoureth his father, and a seruant his master. If then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my feare, sayth the Lord of hostes vnto you, O Priestes, that despise my Name? and yee say, Wherein haue we despised thy Name?
The verse centers on "though", "edom", "impouerished", "returne", "build", "desolate", "places", and "sayeth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "though" and "edom", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 3's "And I hated Esau and made his..." into verse 5's "And your eyes shall see it and...", so "though" 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 "though" and "edom" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.