{"book":"Malachi","slug":"malachi","ch":1,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Malachi","prev":"zechariah/14","next":"malachi/2","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[This is] the burden of the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi:","f":["Malachi means My messenger."],"h":"The LORD’s Love for Israel","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"“ I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask,“ How have You loved us?”“ Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD.“ Yet Jacob I have loved,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ I have loved you,” says the LORD."},{"style":"reg","t":"But you ask,“ How have You loved us?”"},{"style":"reg","t":"“ Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD.“ Yet Jacob I have loved,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”","f":["Cited in Romans 9:13","Or to the serpents of the wilderness or to the dragons of the wilderness"]},{"v":4,"t":"Though Edom may say,“ We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says:“ They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.","f":[],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"You will see this with your own eyes, and you yourselves will say,‘ The LORD is great — even beyond the borders of Israel.’”","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"“ A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name.“ But you ask,‘ How have we despised Your name?’","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name."},{"style":"reg","t":"“ But you ask,‘ How have we despised Your name?’"}],"h":"The Polluted Offerings","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":7,"t":"By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask,‘ How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.","f":["LXX defiled it"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"By presenting defiled food on My altar."},{"style":"reg","t":"But you ask,‘ How have we defiled You?’"},{"style":"reg","t":"By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick [ones], is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.","f":[],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"“ But {ask} now for God’s favor. Will He be gracious? Since this has come from your hands, will He show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"“ Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts,“ and I will accept no offering from your hands.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":11,"t":"For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings [will be] presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.","f":[],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"“ But you profane it when you say,‘ The table of the Lord is defiled, and [as for] its fruit, its food is contemptible.’","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"You also say:‘ Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts.“ You bring offerings [that are] stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?” asks the LORD.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"You also say:‘ Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts."},{"style":"reg","t":"“ You bring offerings [that are] stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?” asks the LORD."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"“ But cursed [is] the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective [animal] to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts,“ and My name [is to be] feared among the nations.[’’]","f":[],"style":"reg"}]}