1 The 1Lit burdenAIs 13:1; Nah 1:1; Hab 1:1; Zech 9:1oracle of the word of the Loʀᴅ to BMal 2:11Israel through 2Or My messengerMalachi.

2 “I have ADeut 4:37; 7:8; 23:5; Is 41:8, 9; Jer 31:3; John 15:12loved you,” says the Loʀᴅ. But you say, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Loʀᴅ. “Yet I BRom 9:13have loved Jacob; 3 but I have hated Esau, and I have AJer 49:10, 16-18; Ezek 35:3, 4, 7, 8, 15made his mountains a desolation and appointed his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness.” 4 Though Edom says, “We have been AJer 5:17beaten down, but we will 1Or rebuild the ruinsBIs 9:9, 10return and build up the ruins”; thus says the Loʀᴅ of hosts, “They may CAmos 3:15; 5:11; 6:11build, but I will tear down; and men will call them the 2Lit border of wickednesswicked territory, and the people 3Or whom the Loʀᴅ has cursedtoward whom the Loʀᴅ is indignant DEzek 35:9; Obad 10forever.” 5 Your eyes will see this and you will say, “APs 35:27; Mic 5:4The Loʀᴅ 1Or will be greatbe magnified beyond the 2Or territoryborder of Israel!”

6 “ ‘A son AEx 20:12; Prov 30:11, 17honors his father, and a servant his master. Then if I am a BDeut 1:31; Is 1:2; Jer 3:4; Mal 2:10father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is My 1Lit fearrespect?’ says the Loʀᴅ of hosts to you, O CZeph 3:4; Mal 2:1-9priests who despise My name. But you say, ‘How have we despised Your name?’ 7  “You are presenting AMal 1:8, 13defiled 1Lit breadBLev 3:11; 21:6, 8food upon My altar. But you say, ‘How have we defiled You?’ In that you say, ‘The CMal 1:12table of the Loʀᴅ is to be despised.’ 8  “But when you present the ALev 22:22; Deut 15:21blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? And when you present the lame and sick, is it not evil? 1Lit Offer it, pleaseWhy not offer it to your BHag 1:1governor? Would he be pleased with you? Or would he receive you kindly?” says the Loʀᴅ of hosts. 9 “But now 1Lit entreat, pleasewill you not AJer 27:18; Joel 2:12-14entreat God’s favor, that He may be gracious to us? 2Lit This has been from your handWith such an offering on your part, will He BAmos 5:22receive any of you kindly?” says the Loʀᴅ of hosts. 10 “Oh that there were one among you who would AIs 1:13shut the 1Or doorsgates, that you might not uselessly kindle fire on My altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the Loʀᴅ of hosts, “BJer 14:10, 12; Hos 5:6nor will I accept an offering from 2Lit your handyou. 11  “For from the AIs 45:6rising of the sun even to its setting, BPs 111:9My name will be CIs 66:18, 19great among the nations, and in every place DIs 60:6incense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain offering that is pure; for My name will be EIs 12:4, 5; 54:5; Jer 10:6, 7great among the nations,” says the Loʀᴅ of hosts. 12 “But you are AMal 1:7profaning it, in that you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is to be despised.’ 13  “You also say, ‘1Lit Behold it is wearinessMy, how AIs 43:22tiresome it is!’ And you disdainfully sniff at it,” says the Loʀᴅ of hosts, “and you bring what was taken by BLev 6:4; Is 61:8robbery and what is CMal 1:8lame or sick; so you bring the offering! Should I DMal 1:10receive that from your hand?” says the Loʀᴅ. 14 “But cursed be the AActs 5:1-4swindler who has a male in his flock and vows it, but sacrifices a BLev 22:18-20blemished animal to the Lord, for I am a great CZech 14:9King,” says the Loʀᴅ of hosts, “and My name is 1Or reveredDZeph 2:11feared among the 2Or Gentilesnations.”