Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
This
is
the burden of the word of the
LORD
to Israel through
Malachi :
The burden of the word of Jehovah
to Israel by
Malachi .
“
I have loved you, ”
says
the
LORD
. But
you
ask
, “How
have
You
loved us? ”
“
Was not Esau Jacob’s
brother ?”
declares
the
LORD.
“
Yet Jacob
I have
loved ,
I have loved you, saith
Jehovah
. Yet
ye
say
, Wherein
hast
thou
loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's
brother ,
saith
Jehovah:
yet I loved Jacob;
but Esau I have
hated, and I
have
made his mountains a wasteland
and left
his inheritance
to the desert
jackals. ”
but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation,
and `gave'
his heritage
to the jackals of
the
wilderness
.
Though
Edom may
say
, “
We have
been
devastated
, but we will rebuild
the
ruins,”
this
is
what
the LORD
of Hosts says:
“
They may
build, but I will demolish.
They
will
be
called
the Land
of Wickedness, and a
people with
whom the
LORD
is
indignant
forever
.
Whereas
Edom saith
, We are
beaten
down
, but we will return
and
build
the waste
places;
thus
saith
Jehovah
of hosts ,
They shall
build, but I will throw
down;
and
men
shall
call
them
The border
of wickedness, and The
people against
whom Jehovah
hath
indignation
for
ever
.
You
will
see
this
with
your own
eyes, and you
yourselves
will
say, ‘The
LORD
is
great—even
beyond the borders
of Israel. ’”
And
your eyes shall
see
, and ye
shall
say, Jehovah
be
magnified
beyond the border
of Israel.
“
A son honors
his father, and a servant his master .
But
if I am a father, where is My
honor? And if I am a master, where is your
fear of
Me
? ”
says
the
LORD
of Hosts to
you priests who
despise My name. “But
you
ask
, ‘How
have we despised Your
name? ’
A son honoreth
his father, and a servant his master :
if then
I am a father, where is mine
honor? and if I am a master, where is my
fear? saith
Jehovah
of hosts unto
you ,
O
priests ,
that
despise my name. And
ye
say
, Wherein
have we despised thy
name?
By
presenting
defiled
food
on
My
altar. But
you
ask
, ‘How
have we defiled
You
? ’
By
saying
that the table of the
LORD
is contemptible.
Ye
offer
polluted
bread
upon
mine
altar. And
ye
say
, Wherein
have we polluted
thee
? In
that ye
say,
The table of Jehovah
is contemptible.
When you
offer blind animals
for sacrifice, is
it not
wrong?
And when you
present
the lame and sick ones
, is it not
wrong?
Try
offering
them
to
your
governor !
Would
he be pleased with you
or show
you
favor
? ”
asks
the
LORD
of Hosts.
And
when ye
offer the
blind for sacrifice, it is
no
evil!
and when ye
offer
the lame and sick, it
is no
evil!
Present
it now
unto
thy
governor ;
will
he be pleased with thee?
or will
he
accept
thy
person
? saith
Jehovah
of hosts.
“But
ask
now for
God’s
favor .
Will
He be gracious ?
Since
this has
come
from
your hands,
will He show
you
favor
? ”
asks
the
LORD
of Hosts.
And
now ,
I
pray
you,
entreat
the
favor of
God,
that
he may
be gracious unto
us:
this hath
been
by
your means:
will he accept
any
of
your
persons
? saith
Jehovah
of hosts.
“
Oh ,
that one of
you would shut the temple
doors, so
that you
would
no
longer
kindle useless
fires
on My
altar! I take
no pleasure in you, ”
says
the
LORD
of Hosts, “and
I
will accept no
offering from
your hands
.
Oh that there
were
one among
you that
would shut the doors, that ye
might
not
kindle `fire
on '
mine
altar in
vain
! I have
no pleasure in you, saith
Jehovah
of hosts, neither
will I
accept an
offering at
your hand
.
For My name will
be great among the nations,
from
where
the
sun
rises
to
where
it
sets.
In every place ,
incense and
pure
offerings
will
be presented
in
My name, because
My name will
be great among the nations
, ”
says
the
LORD
of Hosts.
For from
the
rising
of
the
sun
even
unto
the
going
down
of
the
same
my name `shall
be '
great among the Gentiles;
and
in every place incense `shall
be '
offered
unto
my name, and
a
pure
offering:
for
my name `shall
be '
great among the Gentiles
, saith
Jehovah
of hosts.
“
But you
profane it when
you
say, ‘
The table of the
Lord
is defiled
, and as
for
its
fruit, its food is contemptible. ’
But ye
profane it ,
in
that
ye
say, The table of Jehovah
is polluted
, and the
fruit thereof
, even
its food ,
is contemptible.
You
also
say :
‘Oh
, what a nuisance
! ’
And you
turn
up
your
nose
at it, ”
says
the
LORD
of Hosts .
“You
bring
offerings
that are
stolen
, lame, or
sick !
Should I accept these
from
your hands
? ”
asks
the
LORD
.
Ye
say also
, Behold,
what a weariness
is
it
! and ye
have
snuffed
at it, saith
Jehovah
of hosts ;
and
ye
have
brought
that which
was
taken
by
violence
, and
the
lame, and
the
sick ;
thus
ye
bring
the
offering:
should I accept this
at
your hand
? saith
Jehovah
.
“
But cursed is
the deceiver who has
an
acceptable
male
in his flock and vows
to
give
it
, but
sacrifices
a
defective
animal
to
the Lord .
For I am a great King, ”
says
the
LORD
of Hosts, “
and My name is to
be
feared
among the nations
.
But cursed be
the deceiver ,
who hath
in his flock a
male,
and voweth
, and
sacrificeth
unto
the Lord a
blemished
thing;
for I am a great King, saith
Jehovah
of hosts, and my name is terrible
among the Gentiles
.
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