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Malachi 1:1-14
Malachi
Mal 1:1 An oracle:a The wordb of the Lord to Israel through Malachi.1
Jacob Loved, Esau Hated
Mal 1:2 “I have lovedc you,” says the Lord.
“But you ask,d ‘How have you loved us?’
“Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” the Lord says. “Yet I have loved Jacob,e 3 but Esau I have hated,f and I have turned his mountains into a wastelandg and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.h”
Mal 1:4 Edomi may say, “Though we have been crushed, we will rebuildj the ruins.”
But this is what the Lord Almighty says: “They may build, but I will demolish.k They will be called the Wicked Land, a people always under the wrath of the Lord.l 5 You will see it with your own eyes and say, ‘Greatm is the Lord—even beyond the borders of Israel!’n
Blemished Sacrifices
Mal 1:6 “A son honors his father,o and a servant his master.p If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respectq due me?” says the Lord Almighty.r “It is you, O priests, who show contempt for my name.
“But you ask,s ‘How have we shown contempt for your name?’
Mal 1:7 “You place defiled foodt on my altar.
“But you ask,u ‘How have we defiled you?’
“By saying that the Lord’s tablev is contemptible. 8 When you bring blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice crippled or diseased animals,w is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleasedx with you? Would he accept you?” says the Lord Almighty.y
Mal 1:9 “Now implore God to be gracious to us. With such offeringsz from your hands, will he accepta you?”—says the Lord Almighty.
Mal 1:10 “Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors,b so that you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleasedc with you,” says the Lord Almighty, “and I will acceptd no offeringe from your hands. 11 My name will be greatf among the nations,g from the rising to the setting of the sun.h In every place incensei and pure offeringsj will be brought to my name, because my name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord Almighty.
Mal 1:12 “But you profane it by saying of the Lord’s table,k ‘It is defiled,’ and of its food,l ‘It is contemptible.’ 13 And you say, ‘What a burden!’m and you sniff at it contemptuously,n” says the Lord Almighty.
“When you bring injured, crippled or diseased animals and offer them as sacrifices,o should I accept them from your hands?”p says the Lord. 14 “Cursed is the cheat who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but then sacrifices a blemished animalq to the Lord. For I am a great king,r” says the Lord Almighty,s “and my name is to be fearedt among the nations.u
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New International Version
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society®
Requests for information should be addressed to:
The Zondervan Corporation
Grand Rapids, MI 49530
U.S.A.
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