Malachi

 1 The burden of the ^aword of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.

 2 I have ^aloved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the Lord: yet I ^bloved Jacob,

 3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his ^aheritage ^bwaste for the ^cdragons 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 ^ahonoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine ^bhonour? 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 ^ablind for ^bsacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer ^cthe 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 ^aaccept an offering at your hand.

 11 For from the ^arising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my ^bname shall be great among the ^cGentiles; 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 ^atable 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 ^asnuffed at it, saith the Lord of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the ^blame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I ^caccept this of your hand? saith the Lord.

 14 But ^acursed 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 ^bdreadful among the heathen.