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          DASV: Malachi 1

1 The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.

2 "I have loved you," says the LORD. "Yet you claim, 'How have
you loved us?' Was not Esau Jacob's brother," says the LORD,
"yet I loved Jacob,
3 but I hated Esau, and made his mountains a wasteland,
and gave his heritage to jackals of the desert."
4 Though Edom says, "We are beaten down, but we will return
and rebuild the ruins." This is what the LORD of hosts says,
"They will rebuild, but I will tear it down. They will be
called 'The territory of wickedness,' and 'The people against
whom the LORD is angry forever.'
5 Your own eyes will see it, and you will confess, 'The LORD
is great even beyond the borders of Israel.'"

6 "A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. If
then I am a father, where is my honor? If I am a master, where is my
respect?" says the LORD of hosts to you, "O priests, who despise my
name yet you claim, 'How have we despised your name?'
7 You offer defiled bread on my altar. Yet you claim, 'How have we
defiled it?' By saying, 'The table of the LORD is despicable.'
8 When you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? When you
offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? Try giving that to your
governor; will he be pleased with you or show you favor?" says the
LORD of hosts.
9 Now, plead for God's favor, that he may be gracious to us. "With
this kind of offering, will he be favorable to you?" says the LORD
of hosts.
10 "Oh that there would be someone among you who would shut the temple
doors, that you might not kindle a worthless fire on my altar!
I have no pleasure in you," says the LORD of hosts, "neither
will I accept an offering from your hands.
11 For from the rising of the sun even to its going down my name
will be great among the nations. In every place incense and a pure
offering will be offered to my name, for my name will be great
among the nations," says the LORD of hosts.
12 "But you profane it, when you say, 'The table of the LORD is
defiled, and its fruit, even its food, is detestable.'
13 You say, 'Look, what a weariness this is!' and you turn up your
noses at it," says the LORD of hosts. "You have brought that which
was stolen by force, the lame, and the sick. This is what you
bring as an offering. Should I accept this at your hand?" says
the LORD.
14 "But cursed be the liar who has a male in his flock, who makes a
vow, then sacrifices to the Lord a blemished animal. For I am a great
King," says the LORD of hosts, "and my name will be feared among
the nations."
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