Malachi 1

1The burdenH4853 of the wordH1697 of Jehovah to IsraelH3478 by Malachi.

2I have lovedH157 you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye sayH559, Wherein hast thou lovedH157 us? Was not EsauH6215 Jacob’s brotherH251? saith Jehovah: yet I lovedH157 JacobH3290; 3but EsauH6215 I hatedH8130, and madeH7760 his mountainsH2022 a desolationH8077, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wildernessH4057. 4Whereas EdomH123 saith, We are beaten downH2040, but we will returnH7725 and buildH1129 the wasteH2723 placesH2723; thusH3541 saith Jehovah of hostsH6635, They shall buildH1129, but I will throw down; and men shall callH7121 them The borderH1366 of wickednessH7564, and The peopleH5971 against whom Jehovah hath indignation for everH5769. 5And your eyesH5869 shall seeH7200, and ye shall sayH559, Jehovah be magnifiedH1431 beyond the borderH1366 of IsraelH3478.

6A sonH1121 honoreth his fatherH1, and a servantH5650 his masterH113: if then I am a fatherH1, whereH346 is mine honorH3513? and if I am a masterH113, whereH346 is my fearH4172? saith Jehovah of hostsH6635 unto you, O priestsH3548, that despiseH959 my nameH8034. And ye sayH559, Wherein have we despisedH959 thy nameH8034? 7Ye offer polluted breadH3899 upon mine altarH4196. And ye sayH559, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye sayH559, The tableH7979 of Jehovah is contemptible. 8And when ye offer the blindH5787 for sacrificeH2076, it is no evilH7451! and when ye offer the lameH6455 and sickH2470, it is no evilH7451! PresentH7126 it now unto thy governorH6346; will he be pleased with thee? or will he acceptH7521 thy person? saith Jehovah of hostsH6635. 9And nowH6258, I pray you, entreatH2470 the favor of GodH410, that he may beH1961 gracious unto us: this hath beenH1961 by your means: will he accept any of your persons? saith Jehovah of hostsH6635. 10Oh that there were one among you that would shutH5462 the doorsH1817, that ye might not kindle fire on mine altarH4196 in vainH2600! I have no pleasureH2656 in you, saith Jehovah of hostsH6635, neither will I acceptH7521 an offeringH4503 at your handH3027. 11For from the rising of the sunH8121 even unto the going down of the same my nameH8034 shall be greatH1419 among the Gentiles; and in every placeH4725 incenseH6999 shall be offered unto my nameH8034, and a pureH2889 offeringH4503: for my nameH8034 shall be greatH1419 among the Gentiles, saith Jehovah of hostsH6635. 12But ye profaneH2490 it, in that ye sayH559, The tableH7979 of Jehovah is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even its foodH400, is contemptible. 13Ye sayH559 also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith Jehovah of hostsH6635; and ye have broughtH935 that which was taken by violence, and the lameH6455, and the sickH2470; thus ye bringH935 the offeringH4503: should I acceptH7521 this at your handH3027? saith Jehovah. 14But cursedH779 be the deceiver, who hath in his flockH5739 a maleH2145, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a greatH1419 KingH4428, saith Jehovah of hostsH6635, and my nameH8034 is terrible among the Gentiles.