1
The
burden
of
the
word
of
the
LORD
to
Israel
by
Malachi.
2
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,
3
And
I
hated
Esau,
and
laid
his
mountains
and
his
heritage
waste
for
the
dragons
of
the
wilderness.
4
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.
5
And
your
eyes
shall
see,
and
ye
shall
say,
The
LORD
will
be
magnified
from
the
border
of
Israel.
6
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?
7
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.
8
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.
9
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.
10
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.
11
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.
12
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.
13
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.
14
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.