How have you loved us?
The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel, through Malachi. I have loved you, says the Lord. And you come back with, How have you loved us? Wasn't Esau Jacob's brother? says the Lord. Yet I loved Jacob, but I rejected Esau and turned his mountains into wasteland, leaving his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness. Edom says, We've been knocked flat, but we'll go back and rebuild the ruins. This is what the Lord Almighty says: They may build, but I will throw it down. And they will be called the border of wickedness, and the people against whom the Lord has anger forever. You'll see it with your own eyes, and you'll say, The Lord is great, away beyond the borders of Israel.
The word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi. I've loved you, says the Lord. And you say: How have you loved us? Wasn't Esau Jacob's brother? says the Lord. But I loved Jacob, and I hated Esau, and I made his mountains a wreck and gave his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness. Edom says: We're beaten down, but we'll come back and build the wasted places. This is what the Lord Almighty says: They'll build, and I'll pull down. And they'll be called the borders of wickedness, and the people the Lord is angry with forever. And your eyes will see it, and you'll say: The Lord will be made big past the border of Israel.
The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever. And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel.
The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel, through Malachi.
The word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi.
The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
I have loved you, says the Lord. And you come back with, How have you loved us? Wasn't Esau Jacob's brother? says the Lord. Yet I loved Jacob,
I've loved you, says the Lord. And you say: How have you loved us? Wasn't Esau Jacob's brother? says the Lord. But I loved Jacob,
I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
but I rejected Esau and turned his mountains into wasteland, leaving his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness.
and I hated Esau, and I made his mountains a wreck and gave his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness.
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
Edom says, We've been knocked flat, but we'll go back and rebuild the ruins. This is what the Lord Almighty says: They may build, but I will throw it down. And they will be called the border of wickedness, and the people against whom the Lord has anger forever.
Edom says: We're beaten down, but we'll come back and build the wasted places. This is what the Lord Almighty says: They'll build, and I'll pull down. And they'll be called the borders of wickedness, and the people the Lord is angry with forever.
Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.
You'll see it with your own eyes, and you'll say, The Lord is great, away beyond the borders of Israel.
And your eyes will see it, and you'll say: The Lord will be made big past the border of Israel.
And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel.
Blind animals on the altar
A son honours his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, where is my honour? And if I am a master, where is the fear due to me? says the Lord Almighty to you priests who despise my name. And you say, How have we despised your name? You offer polluted bread on my altar. And you say, How have we polluted you? By saying, The table of the Lord is contemptible. And if you offer the blind for sacrifice, is that not evil? And if you offer the lame and sick, is that not evil? Offer it to your governor and see whether he will be pleased with you or accept you, says the Lord Almighty. So now, I ask you, plead with God that he will be gracious to us. This has come by your own doing. Will he accept you? says the Lord Almighty. I wish one of you would just shut the doors, so you'd stop lighting useless fires on my altar. I get no pleasure out of you, says the Lord Almighty, and I won't take an offering from your hands. From where the sun comes up to where it goes down, my name will be great among the nations. In every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering — because my name will be great among the nations, says the Lord Almighty. But you treat it as common, saying, The Lord's table is unclean, and what is on it, the food of it, isn't worth much. And you say, What a nuisance all this is — and you turn your nose up at it, says the Lord Almighty. And you bring what's been mauled, and the lame, and the sick. That's the offering you bring. Am I supposed to take that from your hands? says the Lord. But cursed be the deceiver who has a male in his flock, makes a vow, and then sacrifices a corrupt thing to the Lord. For I am a great King, says the Lord Almighty, and my name is dreadful among the nations.
A son honours his father, and a servant his master. So if I'm a father, where's my honour? And if I'm a master, where's the fear of me? says the Lord Almighty to you priests who make light of my name. And you say: How have we made light of your name? You bring filthy bread to my altar, and you say: How have we made you filthy? By saying the Lord's table can be treated as nothing. And when you bring a blind animal for sacrifice — isn't that wrong? And when you bring the lame and the sick — isn't that wrong? Offer it to your governor now. Would he be pleased with you or take you in? says the Lord Almighty. So plead with God now to be gracious to us. This has come from your hands — will he take any of you in? says the Lord Almighty. If only one of you would shut the doors, so you didn't light my altar for nothing. I'm not pleased with you, says the Lord Almighty, and I won't take an offering from your hand. Because from the rising of the sun to where it goes down, my name will be great among the nations. And in every place incense will be brought to my name, and a clean offering. Because my name will be great among the nations, says the Lord Almighty. But you've made it common by saying the table of the Lord is filthy, and what it gives, its food, can be treated as nothing. You've said too: What a weariness this is. And you've sniffed at it, says the Lord Almighty. And you've brought what was taken by force, and the lame and the sick — that's what you've brought as an offering. Should I take it from your hand? says the Lord. But cursed is the cheat who's got a male in his flock and vows it, and then sacrifices a spoiled thing to the Lord. Because I'm a great King, says the Lord Almighty, and my name is feared among the nations.
A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible. And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts. And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts. Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD. But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
A son honours his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, where is my honour? And if I am a master, where is the fear due to me? says the Lord Almighty to you priests who despise my name. And you say, How have we despised your name?
A son honours his father, and a servant his master. So if I'm a father, where's my honour? And if I'm a master, where's the fear of me? says the Lord Almighty to you priests who make light of my name. And you say: How have we made light of your name?
A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
You offer polluted bread on my altar. And you say, How have we polluted you? By saying, The table of the Lord is contemptible.
You bring filthy bread to my altar, and you say: How have we made you filthy? By saying the Lord's table can be treated as nothing.
Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.
And if you offer the blind for sacrifice, is that not evil? And if you offer the lame and sick, is that not evil? Offer it to your governor and see whether he will be pleased with you or accept you, says the Lord Almighty.
And when you bring a blind animal for sacrifice — isn't that wrong? And when you bring the lame and the sick — isn't that wrong? Offer it to your governor now. Would he be pleased with you or take you in? says the Lord Almighty.
And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.
So now, I ask you, plead with God that he will be gracious to us. This has come by your own doing. Will he accept you? says the Lord Almighty.
So plead with God now to be gracious to us. This has come from your hands — will he take any of you in? says the Lord Almighty.
And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts.
I wish one of you would just shut the doors, so you'd stop lighting useless fires on my altar. I get no pleasure out of you, says the Lord Almighty, and I won't take an offering from your hands.
If only one of you would shut the doors, so you didn't light my altar for nothing. I'm not pleased with you, says the Lord Almighty, and I won't take an offering from your hand.
Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
From where the sun comes up to where it goes down, my name will be great among the nations. In every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering — because my name will be great among the nations, says the Lord Almighty.
Because from the rising of the sun to where it goes down, my name will be great among the nations. And in every place incense will be brought to my name, and a clean offering. Because my name will be great among the nations, says the Lord Almighty.
For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
But you treat it as common, saying, The Lord's table is unclean, and what is on it, the food of it, isn't worth much.
But you've made it common by saying the table of the Lord is filthy, and what it gives, its food, can be treated as nothing.
But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.
And you say, What a nuisance all this is — and you turn your nose up at it, says the Lord Almighty. And you bring what's been mauled, and the lame, and the sick. That's the offering you bring. Am I supposed to take that from your hands? says the Lord.
You've said too: What a weariness this is. And you've sniffed at it, says the Lord Almighty. And you've brought what was taken by force, and the lame and the sick — that's what you've brought as an offering. Should I take it from your hand? says the Lord.
Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.
But cursed be the deceiver who has a male in his flock, makes a vow, and then sacrifices a corrupt thing to the Lord. For I am a great King, says the Lord Almighty, and my name is dreadful among the nations.
But cursed is the cheat who's got a male in his flock and vows it, and then sacrifices a spoiled thing to the Lord. Because I'm a great King, says the Lord Almighty, and my name is feared among the nations.
But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.