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1 | The
burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. | 2 | I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye
say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD:
yet I loved Jacob,
Rom 9:13
| 3 |
And
I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of
the wilderness.
Rom 9:13
| 4 | Whereas
Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate
places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down;
and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against
whom the LORD hath indignation for ever. | 5 | And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will
be magnified from the border of Israel. | 6 | A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if
then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my
fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye
say, Wherein have we despised thy name? | 7 | Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say,
Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is
contemptible. | 8 | And if ye
offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and
sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with
thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts. | 9 | And now, I pray you, beseech God that he
will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your
persons? saith the LORD of hosts. |
10 | Who 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, neither will I accept an offering at your
hand. | 11 | For from the
rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great
among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name,
and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the
LORD of hosts. | 12 | But ye
have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the
fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. |
13 | Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye
have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was
torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept
this of your hand? saith the LORD. |
14 | But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and
voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King,
saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen. |
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