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Malachi 1
1. The burden <04853> of the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>
to Israel <03478> by Malachi <04401>.
2 I have loved <0157> you, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>. Yet
ye say <0559>, Wherein <04100> hast thou loved <0157> us? [Was]
not Esau <06215> Jacob's <03290> brother <0251>? saith <0559>
the LORD <03068>: yet I loved <0157> Jacob <03290>,
3 And I hated <08130> Esau <06215>, and laid <07760> his
mountains <02022> and his heritage <05159> waste <08077> for the
dragons <08568> of the wilderness <04057>.
4 Whereas <03588> Edom <0123> saith <0559>, We are
impoverished <07567>, but we will return <07725> and build
<01129> the desolate <02723> places; thus <03541> saith <0559>
the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, They shall build <01129>, but
I will throw <02040> down <02040>; and they shall call <07121>
them, The border <01366> of wickedness <07564>, and, The people
<05971> against whom <0834> the LORD <03068> hath indignation
<02194> for ever <05769>.
5 And your eyes <05869> shall see <07200>, and ye shall say
<0559>, The LORD <03068> will be magnified <01431> from the
border <01366> of Israel <03478>.
6. A son <01121> honoureth <03513> [his] father <02>, and a
servant <05650> his master <0113>: if <0518> then I [be] a
father <02>, where <0346> [is] mine honour <03519>? and if
<0518> I [be] a master <0113>, where <0346> [is] my fear
<04172>? saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> unto you,
O priests <03548>, that despise <0959> my name <08034>. And ye
say <0559>, Wherein <04100> have we despised <0959> thy name
<08034>?
7 Ye offer <05066> polluted <01351> bread <03899> upon mine
altar <04196>; and ye say <0559>, Wherein <04100> have we
polluted <01351> thee? In that ye say <0559>, The table <07979>
of the LORD <03068> [is] contemptible <0959>.
8 And if <03588> ye offer <05066> the blind <05787> for
sacrifice <02076>, [is it] not evil <07451>? and if <03588> ye
offer <05066> the lame <06455> and sick <02470>, [is it] not
evil <07451>? offer <07126> it now <04994> unto thy governor
<06346>; will he be pleased <07521> with thee, or <0176> accept
<05375> thy person <06440>? saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of
hosts <06635>.
9 And now <06258>, I pray <04994> you, beseech God <0410> that
he will be gracious <02603> unto us: this <02063> hath been
<01961> by your means <03027>: will he regard <05375> your
persons <06440>? saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>.
10 Who <04310> [is there] even <01571> among you that would
shut <05462> the doors <01817> [for nought]? neither <03808> do
ye kindle <0215> [fire] on mine altar <04196> for nought <02600>.
I have no <0639> pleasure <02656> in you, saith <0559> the LORD
<03068> of hosts <06635>, neither <03808> will I accept <07521>
an offering <04503> at your hand <03027>.
11 For from the rising <04217> of the sun <08121> even unto
the going <03996> down of the same my name <08034> [shall be]
great <01419> among the Gentiles <01471>; and in every <03605>
place <04725> incense <06999> [shall be] offered <05066> unto my
name <08034>, and a pure <02889> offering <04503>: for my name
<08034> [shall be] great <01419> among the heathen <01471>,
saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>.
12 But ye have profaned <02490> it, in that ye say <0559>, The
table <07979> of the LORD <03068> [is] polluted <01351>; and the
fruit <05108> thereof, [even] his meat <0400>, [is] contemptible
<0959>.
13 Ye said <0559> also, Behold <02009>, what a weariness
<04972> [is it]! and ye have snuffed <05301> at it, saith <0559>
the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>; and ye brought <0935> [that
which was] torn <01497>, and the lame <06455>, and the sick
<02470>; thus <03541> ye brought <0935> an offering <04503>:
should I accept <07521> this of your hand <03027>? saith <0559>
the LORD <03068>.
14 But cursed <0779> [be] the deceiver <05230>, which <03426>
hath in his flock <05739> a male <02145>, and voweth <05087>,
and sacrificeth <02076> unto the Lord <0136> a corrupt <07843>
thing: for I [am] a great <01419> King <04428>, saith <0559> the
LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, and my name <08034> [is] dreadful
<03372> among the heathen <01471>.
Malachi 2
1. And now <06258>, O ye priests <03548>, this <02063>
commandment <04687> [is] for you.
2 If <0518> ye will not hear <08085>, and if <0518> ye will
not lay <07760> [it] to heart <03820>, to give <05414> glory
<03519> unto my name <08034>, saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of
hosts <06635>, I will even send <07971> a curse <03994> upon you,
and I will curse <0779> your blessings <01293>: yea <01571>, I
have cursed <0779> them already, because <03588> ye do not lay
<07760> [it] to heart <03820>.
3 Behold <02005>, I will corrupt <01605> your seed <02233>,
and spread <02219> dung <06569> upon your faces <06440>, [even]
the dung <06569> of your solemn <02282> feasts <02282>; and
[one] shall take <05375> you away with it.
4 And ye shall know <03045> that I have sent <07971> this
<02063> commandment <04687> unto you, that my covenant <01285>
might be with Levi <03878>, saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of
hosts <06635>.
5 My covenant <01285> was with him of life <02416> and peace
<07965>; and I gave <05414> them to him [for] the fear <04172>
wherewith he feared <03372> me, and was afraid <02865> before
<06440> my name <08034>.
6 The law <08451> of truth <0571> was in his mouth <06310>,
and iniquity <05766> was not found <04672> in his lips <08193>:
he walked <01980> with me in peace <07965> and equity <04334>,
and did turn <07725> many <07227> away from iniquity <05771>.
7 For the priest's <03548> lips <08193> should keep <02287>
knowledge <01847>, and they should seek <01245> the law <08451>
at his mouth <06310>: for he [is] the messenger <04397> of the
LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>.
8 But ye are departed <05493> out of the way <01870>; ye have
caused many <07227> to stumble <03782> at the law <08451>; ye
have corrupted <07843> the covenant <01285> of Levi <03878>,
saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>.
9 Therefore have I also <01571> made <05414> you contemptible
<0959> and base <08217> before all <03605> the people <05971>,
according <06310> as ye have not kept <08104> my ways <01870>,
but have been partial in the law <08451>.
10. Have we not all <03605> one <0259> father <02>? hath not
one <0259> God <0410> created <01254> us? why <04069> do we deal
treacherously <0898> every man <0376> against his brother <0251>,
by profaning <02490> the covenant <01285> of our fathers <01>?
11 Judah <03063> hath dealt treacherously <0898>, and an
abomination <08441> is committed <06213> in Israel <03478> and
in Jerusalem <03389>; for Judah <03063> hath profaned <02490>
the holiness <06944> of the LORD <03068> which <0834> he loved
<0157>, and hath married <01166> the daughter <01323> of a
strange <05236> god <0410>.
12 The LORD <03068> will cut <03772> off the man <0376> that
doeth <06213> this, the master <05782> and the scholar <06030>,
out of the tabernacles <0168> of Jacob <03290>, and him that
offereth <05066> an offering <04503> unto the LORD <03068> of
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