Verse
WEB
World English Bible
KJV
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An
oracle:
the word of Yahweh
to Israel by Malachi.
The burden
of
the
word of the
LORD
to Israel by Malachi.
"
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 ;
I have loved you, saith
the
LORD
. Yet ye
say, Wherein
hast
thou
loved us? Was
not
Esau Jacob's brother? saith
the
LORD:
yet I loved Jacob ,
but
Esau
I hated, and made
his mountains a
desolation,
and gave
his heritage to
the jackals
of the wilderness. "
And
I hated Esau
, and laid
his mountains and his heritage waste
for
the dragons
of the wilderness.
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
. "
Whereas Edom saith
, We are impoverished
, but we will return and build the desolate
places; thus saith
the
LORD
of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they
shall
call them ,
The border
of
wickedness
, and,
The people against whom the
LORD
hath
indignation
for
ever
.
Your eyes will
see, and you
will
say, "Yahweh
is
great--even
beyond
the border of Israel !"
And
your eyes shall
see, and ye
shall
say, The LORD
will
be
magnified
from
the
border of Israel .
"
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? '
A son honoureth
his father, and a servant his master :
if then
I be
a father, where is mine
honour
? and if I be
a master, where is my
fear
? saith
the
LORD
of hosts unto
you, O
priests, that
despise my name. And
ye
say, Wherein
have we despised thy
name?
You
offer polluted bread on
my
altar .
You
say, 'How
have we polluted you
? '
In that you
say, 'Yahweh's
table contemptible. '
Ye
offer polluted bread upon
mine
altar ;
and
ye
say, Wherein
have we polluted thee
? In that ye
say, The
table of
the
LORD
is
contemptible.
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.
And
if
ye
offer the blind for sacrifice, is
it
not
evil? and if
ye
offer the lame and sick, is
it
not
evil? offer
it now unto
thy
governor ;
will he be pleased with thee,
or accept thy
person? saith
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.
And
now, I
pray
you
, beseech
God
that he will
be gracious unto
us :
this hath
been
by
your
means:
will he regard
your
persons
? saith
the
LORD
of hosts.
"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.
Who
is
there even
among you that
would shut the doors for
nought?
neither
do
ye
kindle fire on mine
altar for
nought.
I have no pleasure in you, saith
the
LORD
of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
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.
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 heathen
, saith
the
LORD
of hosts.
"
But you
profane
it, in that you
say, 'Yahweh's
table is polluted ,
and its
fruit, even its
food
, is contemptible. '
But ye
have
profaned
it, in that ye
say, The
table of
the
LORD
is polluted ;
and the
fruit thereof
, even his
meat
, is contemptible.
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
.
Ye
said
also, Behold, what a weariness is it
! and ye
have snuffed
at it, saith
the
LORD
of hosts; and ye
brought that which was torn
, and
the lame, and the sick; thus ye
brought
an
offering :
should I accept this of
your hand? saith
the
LORD
.
"
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
. "
But cursed
be
the deceiver, which
hath
in his flock a male, and voweth
, and sacrificeth
unto
the LORD a corrupt
thing :
for I am a great King, saith
the
LORD
of hosts, and my name is dreadful
among the heathen
.
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