A son honors his father,
and a servant fears his master;
If, then, I am a father,
where is the honor due to me?
And if I am a master,
where is the fear due to me?
So says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests,
who disdain my name.
But you ask, “How have we disdained your name?”
By offering defiled food on my altar!
You ask, “How have we defiled it?”
By saying that the table...
Malachi 1:6–2:9