ASV_Strong : Malachi 1
1. The burden[H4853] of the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] to Israel[H3478] by[H3027] Malachi[H4401].
2. I have loved[H157] you[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068]. Yet ye say[H559], Wherein hast thou loved[H157] us[H6215]? Was not Esau Jacob[H3290]'s brother[H251]? saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068]: yet I loved[H157] Jacob[H3290];
3. but Esau[H6215] I hated[H8130], and made[H7760] his mountains[H2022] a desolation[H8077], and gave his heritage[H5159] to the jackals[H8568] of the wilderness[H4057].
4. Whereas Edom[H123] saith[H559], We are beaten[H7567] down[H7725], but we will return and build[H1129] the waste places[H2723]; thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], They shall build[H1129], but I will throw down[H2040]; and men shall call[H7121] them The border[H1366] of wickedness[H7564], and The people[H5971] against whom Jehovah[H3068] hath indignation[H2194] for[H5704] ever[H5769].
5. And your eyes[H5869] shall see[H7200], and ye shall say[H559], Jehovah[H3068] be magnified[H1431] beyond the border[H1366] of Israel[H3478].
6. A son[H1121] honoreth[H3513] his father[H1], and a servant[H5650] his master[H113]: if then I am a father[H1], where is mine honor[H3519]? and if I am a master[H113], where is my fear[H4172]? saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635] unto you[H3548], O priests, that despise[H959] my name[H8034]. And ye say[H559], Wherein have we despised[H959] thy name[H8034]?
7. Ye offer[H5066] polluted[H1351] bread[H3899] upon mine altar[H4196]. And ye say[H559], Wherein have we polluted[H1351] thee[H559]? In that ye say, The table[H7979] of Jehovah[H3068] is contemptible[H959].
8. And when ye offer[H5066] the blind[H5787] for sacrifice[H2076], it is no evil[H7451]! and when ye offer[H5066] the lame[H6455] and sick[H2470], it is no evil[H7451]! Present[H7126] it now unto thy governor[H6346]; will he be pleased[H7521] with thee[H5375]? or will he accept thy person[H6440]? saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635].
9. And now[H2470], I pray you, entreat the favor of God[H410], that he may be gracious[H2603] unto us[H3027]: this hath been by your means: will he accept[H5375] any of your persons[H6440]? saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635].
10. Oh that there were one among you that would shut[H5462] the doors[H1817], that ye might not kindle[H215] fire on mine altar[H4196] in vain[H2600]! I have no pleasure[H2656] in you[H559], saith Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], neither will I accept[H7521] an offering[H4503] at your hand[H3027].
11. For from the rising[H4217] of the sun[H8121] even unto the going down[H3996] of the same my name[H8034] shall be great[H1419] among the Gentiles[H1471]; and in every place[H4725] incense[H6999] shall be offered[H5066] unto my name[H8034], and a pure[H2889] offering[H4503]: for my name[H8034] shall be great[H1419] among the Gentiles[H1471], saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635].
12. But ye profane[H2490] it[H559], in that ye say, The table[H7979] of Jehovah[H3068] is polluted[H1351], and the fruit[H5108] thereof[H400], even its food, is contemptible[H959].
13. Ye say[H559] also[H4972], Behold, what a weariness is it[H5301]! and ye have snuffed at it[H559], saith Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635]; and ye have brought[H935] that which was taken by violence[H1497], and the lame[H6455], and the sick[H2470]; thus ye bring[H935] the offering[H4503]: should I accept[H7521] this at your hand[H3027]? saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068].
14. But cursed[H779] be the deceiver[H5230], who[H3426] hath in his flock[H5739] a male[H2145], and voweth[H5087], and sacrificeth[H2076] unto the Lord[H136] a blemished thing[H7843]; for I am a great[H1419] King[H4428], saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], and my name[H8034] is terrible[H3372] among the Gentiles[H1471].
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