If both Jacob and Esau were equally condemned prior to works, God's subsequent election of Jacob over Esau collapses into arbitrary predestination, undermining the justice the claim purports to establish.

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Condemned(theological ethics): In religious contexts, judged as guilty or deserving punishment, typically for sin or moral wrongdoing.
Election(theology and predestination): In theology, God's act of choosing certain people for salvation or special favor, often before they've done anything to earn it.
Jacob and Esau(biblical theology and philosophy): Twin brothers in the Bible whose story is used in theological debates about whether God chooses people arbitrarily or based on justice; God chose Jacob over Esau before they were born or had done anything.
Justice(Utilitarian account of justice; contrasted with non-utility-based theories): A name for certain classes of moral rules which concern the essentials of human well-being more nearly than other rules for the guidance of life, carrying more absolute obligation.

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