Malachi 1

^aThe burden of the word of the Lord to ^bIsrael by Malachi.

^2cI have loved you, saith the Lord.

^rYet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us?

^dWas not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the Lord:

Yet ^eI loved Jacob,

³And I ^fhated Esau,

And ^glaid his mountains and his heritage ^hwaste for ⁱthe dragons of the wilderness.

⁴Whereas Edom saith, We are ^jimpoverished,

But we will return and build the desolate places;

Thus saith the Lord of hosts,

^dThey shall build, but I will throw down;

And they shall call them, ^kThe border of wickedness,

And, ^lThe people against whom the Lord hath indignation for ever.

⁵And ^myour eyes shall see, and ye shall say,

ⁿThe Lord will be magnified from ^kthe border of Israel.

^6oA son honoureth his father, and a servant his master:

^pIf then I be a father, where is mine honour?

And if ^qI be a master, where is my fear?

Saith the Lord of hosts unto you, ^qqO priests, that despise my name.

^rAnd ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

⁷Ye ^soffer ^tpolluted ^ubread upon mine altar;

^rAnd ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee?

In that ye say, ^vThe table of the Lord is contemptible.

⁸And if ye ^soffer ^wthe blind for sacrifice, is it not evil?

And if ye offer ^wthe lame and sick, is it not evil?

Offer it now unto ^xthy governor;

Will he be pleased with thee, or ^yaccept thy person? saith the Lord of hosts.

⁹And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us:

^zThis hath been by your means:

Will he ^yregard your persons? saith the Lord of hosts.

^10aWho 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,

^bNeither will I accept an offering at your hand.

¹¹For ^cfrom the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same

^dMy name shall be great ^eamong the Gentiles;

And ^fin every place ^gincense shall be ^hoffered unto my name, and ⁱa pure ^koffering:

For ^dmy name shall be great ^eamong the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.

¹²But ye have profaned it, in that ye say,

^lThe table of the Lord is polluted;

And the fruit thereof, even his meat, ^lis contemptible.

¹³Ye said also, Behold, ^mwhat a weariness is it!

And ⁿye have snuffed at it, saith the Lord of hosts;

And ye brought that which was ^otorn, and ^pthe lame, and ^pthe sick;

Thus ye brought an offering:

^qShould I accept this of your hand? saith the Lord.

¹⁴But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock ^ra male,

And voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord ^sa corrupt thing:

For I am ^ta great King, saith the Lord of hosts,

And my name is ^tdreadful among the heathen.

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