King James Version (KJV) With Strong Codes

1. The burden[H4853] of the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] to[H413] Israel[H3478] by[H3027] Malachi.[H4401]

2. I have loved[H157] you, saith[H559] the LORD.[H3068] Yet ye say,[H559] Wherein[H4100] hast thou loved[H157] us? Was not[H3808] Esau[H6215] Jacob's[H3290] brother?[H251] saith[H5002] the LORD:[H3068] yet I loved[H157] [H853] Jacob,[H3290]

3. And I hated[H8130] Esau,[H6215] and laid[H7760] [H853] his mountains[H2022] and his heritage[H5159] waste[H8077] for the dragons[H8568] of the wilderness.[H4057]

4. Whereas[H3588] Edom[H123] saith,[H559] We are impoverished,[H7567] but we will return[H7725] and build[H1129] the desolate places;[H2723] thus[H3541] saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts,[H6635] They[H1992] shall build,[H1129] but I[H589] will throw down;[H2040] and they shall call[H7121] them, The border[H1366] of wickedness,[H7564] and, The people[H5971] against whom[H834] the LORD[H3068] hath indignation[H2194] forever.[H5704] [H5769]

5. And your eyes[H5869] shall see,[H7200] and ye[H859] shall say,[H559] The LORD[H3068] will be magnified[H1431] from[H4480] [H5921] the border[H1366] of Israel.[H3478]

6. A son[H1121] honoreth[H3513] his father,[H1] and a servant[H5650] his master:[H113] if[H518] then I[H589] be a father,[H1] where[H346] is mine honor?[H3519] and if[H518] I[H589] be a master,[H113] where[H346] is my fear?[H4172] saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635] unto you, O priests,[H3548] that despise[H959] my name.[H8034] And ye say,[H559] Wherein[H4100] have we despised[H959] [H853] thy name?[H8034]

7. Ye offer[H5066] polluted[H1351] bread[H3899] upon[H5921] mine altar;[H4196] and ye say,[H559] Wherein[H4100] have we polluted[H1351] thee? In that ye say,[H559] The table[H7979] of the LORD[H3068] is contemptible.[H959]

8. And if[H3588] ye offer[H5066] the blind[H5787] for sacrifice,[H2076] is it not[H369] evil?[H7451] and if[H3588] ye offer[H5066] the lame[H6455] and sick,[H2470] is it not[H369] evil?[H7451] offer[H7126] it now[H4994] unto thy governor;[H6346] will he be pleased[H7521] with thee, or[H176] accept[H5375] thy person?[H6440] saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts.[H6635]

9. And now,[H6258] I pray you,[H4994] beseech[H2470] God[H410] that he will be gracious[H2603] unto us: this[H2063] hath been[H1961] by your means:[H4480] [H3027] will he regard[H5375] your[H4480] persons?[H6440] saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts.[H6635]

10. Who[H4310] is there even[H1571] among you that would shut[H5462] the doors[H1817] for naught? neither[H3808] do ye kindle[H215] fire on mine altar[H4196] for naught.[H2600] I have no[H369] pleasure[H2656] in you, saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts,[H6635] neither[H3808] will I accept[H7521] an offering[H4503] at your hand.[H4480] [H3027]

11. For[H3588] from the rising[H4480] [H4217] of the sun[H8121] even unto[H5704] the going down[H3996] of the same my name[H8034] shall be great[H1419] among the Gentiles;[H1471] and in every[H3605] place[H4725] incense[H6999] shall be offered[H5066] unto my name,[H8034] and a pure[H2889] offering:[H4503] for[H3588] my name[H8034] shall be great[H1419] among the heathen,[H1471] saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts.[H6635]

12. But ye[H859] have profaned[H2490] it, in that ye say,[H559] The table[H7979] of the LORD[H136] is polluted;[H1351] and the fruit[H5108] thereof, even his meat,[H400] is contemptible.[H959]

13. Ye said[H559] also, Behold,[H2009] what a weariness[H4972] [H8513] is it! and ye have snuffed at[H5301] it, saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts;[H6635] and ye brought[H935] that which was torn,[H1497] and the lame,[H6455] and the sick;[H2470] thus ye brought[H935] [H853] an offering:[H4503] should I accept[H7521] this of your hand?[H4480] [H3027] saith[H559] the LORD.[H3068]

14. But cursed[H779] be the deceiver,[H5230] which hath[H3426] in his flock[H5739] a male,[H2145] and voweth,[H5087] and sacrificeth[H2076] unto the Lord[H136] a corrupt thing:[H7843] for[H3588] I[H589] am a great[H1419] King,[H4428] saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts,[H6635] and my name[H8034] is dreadful[H3372] among the heathen.[H1471]