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Chapter 1
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The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. |
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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, |
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And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage
waste for the dragons of the wilderness. |
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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. |
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And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD
will be magnified from the border of Israel. |
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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? |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
