Malachi 1:2-14

2“I have 1lovedH157 you,” saysH559 the LordH3068. But you sayH559, “HowH4100 have You lovedH157 us?” “Was EsauH6215 not Jacob’sH3290 brotherH251?” declaresH5002 the LordH3068. “Yet I 2have lovedH157 JacobH3290; 3but I have hatedH8130 EsauH6215, and I have 3madeH7760 his mountainsH2022 a desolationH8077 and given his inheritanceH5159 to the jackalsH8565 of the wildernessH4057.” 4ThoughH3588 EdomH112 saysH559, “We have been 4beatenH7567 downH7567, but we will 56returnH7725 and buildH1129 upH1129 the ruinsH2723”; thisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH3068 of armiesH6635 saysH559: “They may 7buildH1129, but I will tearH2040 downH2040; and people will callH7121 them the 8territoryH1366 of wickednessH7562, and the peopleH5971 9with whomH834 the LordH3068 isH2194 indignantH2194 10foreverH5704H5769.” 5And your eyesH5869 will seeH7200 this, and you will sayH559, “11The LordH3068 12be exaltedH1431 beyondH4480H5921 the 13borderH1366 of IsraelH3478!”

6“‘A sonH1121 14honorsH3513 his fatherH1, and a servantH5650 his masterH113. Then ifH518 I am a 15fatherH1, whereH346 is My honorH3519? And ifH518 I am a masterH113, whereH346 is My 16respectH4172?’ saysH559 the LordH3068 of armiesH6635 to you, the 17priestsH3548 who despiseH959 My nameH8034! But you sayH559, ‘HowH4100 have we despisedH959 Your nameH8034?’ 7You are presentingH5066 18defiledH1351 1920foodH3899 upon My altarH4196. But you sayH559, ‘HowH4100 have we defiledH1351 You?’ In that you sayH559, ‘The 21tableH7979 of the LordH3068 is to beH959 despisedH959.’ 8And whenH3588 you presentH5066 a 22blindH5787 animal for sacrificeH2076, is it not evilH7451? Or whenH3588 you presentH5066 a lameH6455 or sickH2470 animal, is it not evilH7451? SoH4994 offerH7126 it to your 23governorH6346! Would he be pleasedH7521 with you, orH176 would he receiveH5375H6440 you kindlyH6440?” saysH559 the LordH3068 of armiesH6635. 9“But nowH6258, do indeedH4994 24pleadH2470 forH2470 God’sH410 favorH6440, so that He will beH2603 graciousH2603 to us. 25With suchH2088 an offering on your partH3027, will He 26receiveH5375H6440 anyH4480 of you kindlyH6440?” saysH559 the LordH3068 of armiesH6635. 10“IfH4310H1571 onlyH4310H1571 there were one among you who would 27shutH5462 the 28gatesH1817, so that you would not kindleH215 fire on My altarH4196 forH2600 nothingH2600! I am not pleasedH2656 with you,” saysH559 the LordH3068 of armiesH6635, “29norH3808 will I acceptH7521 an offeringH4503 from your hand. 11For from the 30risingH4217 of the sunH8121 even to its settingH3996, 31My nameH8034 shall be 32greatH1419 among the nationsH1471, and in everyH3605 placeH4725 33frankincenseH4729 is going to be offeredH5066H6999 to My nameH8034, and a grain offeringH4503 that is pureH2889; for My nameH8034 shall be 34greatH1419 among the nationsH1471,” saysH559 the LordH3068 of armiesH6635. 12“But you are 35profaningH2490 it by your sayingH559, ‘The tableH7979 of the LordH136 is defiledH1351, and as for its fruitH5204, its foodH400 is to beH959 despisedH959.’ 13You also sayH559, ‘SeeH2009, 36howH4100 37tiresomeH8513 it is!’ And you viewH5301 it asH5301 trivialH5301,” saysH559 the LordH3068 of armiesH6635, “and you bringH935 what was takenH1497 byH1497 38robberyH1497 and what is 39lameH6455 or sickH2470; so you bringH935 the offeringH4503! Should I 40acceptH7521 it from your handH3027?” saysH559 the LordH3068. 14“But cursedH779 be the 41swindlerH5230 who hasH3426 a maleH2145 in his flockH5739 and vowsH5087 it, but sacrificesH2076 a 42blemishedH7843 animal to the LordH136, for I am a greatH1419 43KingH4428,” saysH559 the LordH3068 of armiesH6635, “and My nameH8034 is 4445fearedH3372 among the 46nationsH1471.”