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Malachi - Chapter 1

	Mal 1:1	The burden [fn] of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
	Mal 1:2	"I have loved you," says the LORD. "Yet you say, 'In what way have You loved us?' [Was] not Esau Jacob's brother?" Says the LORD. "Yet Jacob I have loved;
	Mal 1:3	But Esau I have hated, And laid waste his mountains and his heritage For the jackals of the wilderness."
	Mal 1:4	Even though Edom has said, "We have been impoverished, But we will return and build the desolate places," Thus says the LORD of hosts: "They may build, but I will throw down; They shall be called the Territory of Wickedness, And the people against whom the LORD will have indignation forever.
	Mal 1:5	Your eyes shall see, And you shall say, 'The LORD is magnified beyond the border of Israel.'
	Mal 1:6	"A son honors [his] father, And a servant [his] master. If then I am the Father, Where [is] My honor? And if I [am] a Master, Where [is] My reverence? Says the LORD of hosts To you priests who despise My name. Yet you say, 'In what way have we despised Your name?'
	Mal 1:7	"You offer defiled food on My altar, But say, 'In what way have we defiled You?' By saying, 'The table of the LORD is contemptible.'
	Mal 1:8	And when you offer the blind as a sacrifice, [Is it] not evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, [Is it] not evil? Offer it then to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you favorably?" Says the LORD of hosts.
	Mal 1:9	"But now entreat God's favor, That He may be gracious to us. [While] this is being [done] by your hands, Will He accept you favorably?" Says the LORD of hosts.
	Mal 1:10	"Who [is there] even among you who would shut the doors, So that you would not kindle fire [on] My altar in vain? I have no pleasure in you," Says the LORD of hosts, "Nor will I accept an offering from your hands.
	Mal 1:11	For from the rising of the sun, even to its going down, My name [shall be] great among the Gentiles; In every place incense [shall be] offered to My name, And a pure offering; For My name shall be great among the nations," Says the LORD of hosts.
	Mal 1:12	"But you profane it, In that you say, 'The table of the LORD [fn] is defiled; And its fruit, its food, [is] contemptible.'
	Mal 1:13	You also say, 'Oh, what a weariness!' And you sneer at it," Says the LORD of hosts. "And you bring the stolen, the lame, and the sick; Thus you bring an offering! Should I accept this from your hand?" Says the LORD.
	Mal 1:14	"But cursed [be] the deceiver Who has in his flock a male, And takes a vow, But sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished--For I [am] a great King," Says the LORD of hosts, "And My name [is to be] feared among the nations.

NKJV Footnotes:

(1:1) Or oracle
(1:12) Following Bomberg; Masoretic Text reads Lord.

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