Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
This
is
the burden of the
word of the
LORD
to
Israel through
Malachi:
The burden of a
word of Jehovah
unto
Israel by
the
hand
of
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, said
Jehovah
, And
ye
have said,
`In
what
hast
Thou
loved us? '
but
Esau I have hated, and I have
made
his mountains a wasteland
and left
his inheritance to
the
desert
jackals
. ”
Is
not
Esau Jacob's
brother?
--
an
affirmation
of
Jehovah,
And
I love
Jacob,
and
Esau
I
have hated, And I make
his mountains a desolation,
And his inheritance for
dragons
of
a
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
.
Because
Edom saith
, `
We have been made
poor
, And
we turn
back
and
we
build
the wastes
, '
Thus
said
Jehovah
of Hosts: They do
build, and
I do
destroy,
And
`men'
have
called to
them,
`O
region
of wickedness, '
`O
people whom Jehovah
defied
to
the age
. '
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 do
see
, and ye
say, `Magnified
is Jehovah
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 honoureth
a
father, and a servant his master. And
if I `
am '
a father, where `
is '
Mine
honour
? And if I `
am '
a master, where `
is '
My
fear? Said
Jehovah
of Hosts to you ,
O
priests ,
despising
My name !
And
ye
have said:
`In
what
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
are
bringing
nigh
on Mine
altar polluted
bread
, And
ye
have said:
`In
what
have
we polluted
Thee
? '
In
your
saying :
`
The table of Jehovah
--
it
`
is '
despicable,'
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
bring
nigh
the
blind for sacrifice, `There
is no
evil,'
And when ye
bring
nigh
the lame and sick, `There
is no
evil;'
Bring
it near,
I
pray
thee,
to thy
governor --
Doth
he accept
thee?
or doth
he
lift
up
thy
face
? Said
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 ,
appease,
I
pray
thee,
the
face
of
God,
And
He doth
favour
us;
From your own
hand
hath
this
been
, Doth
He accept
of
you appearances
? Said
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
.
Who
`is'
even
among
you ,
And
he
shutteth
the two-leaved
doors ?
Yea
, ye
do
not
kindle Mine
altar for
nought,
I have
no pleasure in you, said
Jehovah
of Hosts, And a
present
I do
not
accept of
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 to its
going
in, Great
`is'
My
name
among
nations,
And in every
place
perfume
is
brought
nigh
to
My name, and
a
pure
present,
For
great
`is'
My name among nations, Said
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
. ’
And
ye
are
polluting
it in
your
saying
, `
The table of Jehovah
--
it
is polluted
, As to
its fruit --
despicable
is
its food. '
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
.
And
ye
have
said
, `Lo,
what a weariness,'
And ye
have
puffed
at it, said
Jehovah
of Hosts, And
ye
have
brought
in
plunder
, And
the
lame
and
the
sick ,
And
ye
have
brought
in
the
present
! Do
I accept it
from your hand
? said
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 .
And
cursed `
is '
a
deceiver ,
who hath
in his drove
a
male,
And is
vowing
, and
is
sacrificing
a marred
thing
to the Lord ,
For a great king `am'
I
, said
Jehovah
of Hosts, And My name `
is '
revered
among nations !
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