Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
This
is
the
burden
of
the word of the
LORD
to Israel through
Malachi :
An
oracle:
the word of Yahweh
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, "
says Yahweh
. Yet
you say
, "
How have you loved us? "
"Wasn't
Esau Jacob's
brother? "
says
Yahweh,
"
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 says
, "
We are
beaten
down
, but we will return
and
build
the waste
places;"
thus
says
Yahweh
of Hosts ,
"
They shall
build, but I will throw
down;
and
men
will call
them
'
The Wicked
Land, '
even
the
people against
whom Yahweh
shows
wrath
forever. "
You
will
see
this
with
your own
eyes, and you yourselves
will say, ‘The
LORD
is great —
even beyond the borders
of Israel .’”
Your eyes will
see
, and you will say, "Yahweh
is great --
even 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 honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then
where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the
respect
due
me? Says Yahweh
of Hosts to you ,
priests ,
who despise my name. You say
, '
How have we despised your 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.
You
offer
polluted
bread
on my altar. You say
, '
How have we polluted
you? '
In
that you
say,
'Yahweh's
table 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.
When you offer the
blind for sacrifice, isn't
that
evil
? And when you offer
the lame and sick, isn't
that
evil
? Present
it
now
to your governor! Will
he be pleased with you ?
Or will
he
accept
your
person
? "
says
Yahweh
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.
"
Now ,
please
entreat
the
favor of
God,
that
he may
be gracious to
us.
With
this, will he accept
any
of
you? "
says
Yahweh
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 who
would shut the doors, that you might
not
kindle fire
on my altar in
vain
! I have
no pleasure in you, "
says Yahweh
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
to
the
going
down
of
the
same,
my name is
great among the nations, and
in every place incense will be offered
to
my name, and
a
pure
offering:
for
my name is
great among the nations, "
says Yahweh
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 you profane it ,
in
that
you say, 'Yahweh's
table is polluted
, and its fruit, 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
.
You say also
, 'Behold,
what a weariness
it
is
! '
and you have
sniffed
at it, "
says Yahweh
of Hosts ;
"and
you have
brought
that which
was
taken
by
violence
, the
lame, and
the
sick ;
thus
you
bring
the
offering.
Should I accept this
at
your hand
? "
says
Yahweh
.
“
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 the deceiver is
cursed,
who has in his flock a
male,
and vows, and
sacrifices to the Lord a
blemished
thing;
for I am a great King, "
says Yahweh
of hosts, "
and my name is awesome
among the nations. "
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