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# Chapter 1
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1 The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.
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2 “I have loved you,” says the Lord.
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“Yet you say, ‘In what way have You loved us?’
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Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?”
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Says the Lord.
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“Yet Jacob I have loved;
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3 But Esau I have hated,
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And laid waste his mountains and his heritage
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For the jackals of the wilderness.”
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4 Even though Edom has said,
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“We have been impoverished,
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But we will return and build the desolate places,”
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Thus says the Lord of hosts:
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“They may build, but I will throw down;
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They shall be called the Territory of Wickedness,
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And the people against whom the Lord will have indignation forever.
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5 Your eyes shall see,
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And you shall say,
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‘The Lord is magnified beyond the border of Israel.’
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6 “A son honors his father,
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And a servant his master.
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If then I am the Father,
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Where is My honor?
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And if I am a Master,
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Where is My reverence?
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Says the Lord of hosts
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To you priests who despise My name.
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Yet you say, ‘In what way have we despised Your name?’
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7 “You offer defiled food on My altar,
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But say,
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‘In what way have we defiled You?’
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By saying,
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‘The table of the Lord is contemptible.’
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8 And when you offer the blind as a sacrifice,
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Is it not evil?
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And when you offer the lame and sick,
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Is it not evil?
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Offer it then to your governor!
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Would he be pleased with you?
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Would he accept you favorably?”
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Says the Lord of hosts.
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9 “But now entreat God’s favor,
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That He may be gracious to us.
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While this is being done by your hands,
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Will He accept you favorably?”
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Says the Lord of hosts.
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10 “Who is there even among you who would shut the doors,
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So that you would not kindle fire on My altar in vain?
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I have no pleasure in you,”
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Says the Lord of hosts,
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“Nor will I accept an offering from your hands.
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11 For from the rising of the sun, even to its going down,
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My name shall be great among the Gentiles;
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In every place incense shall be offered to My name,
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And a pure offering;
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For My name shall be great among the nations,”
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Says the Lord of hosts.
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12 “But you profane it,
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In that you say,
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‘The table of the Lord is defiled;
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And its fruit, its food, is contemptible.’
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13 You also say,
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‘Oh, what a weariness!’
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And you sneer at it,”
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Says the Lord of hosts.
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“And you bring the stolen, the lame, and the sick;
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Thus you bring an offering!
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Should I accept this from your hand?”
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Says the Lord.
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14 “But cursed be the deceiver
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Who has in his flock a male,
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And takes a vow,
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But sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished—
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For I am a great King,”
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Says the Lord of hosts,
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“And My name is to be feared among the nations. |