1 The burden 4853 of the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 to Israel 3478 by 3027 Malachi 4401.
2 I have loved 157 you, saith 5002 the LORD 3068. Yet ye say 559, Wherein hast thou loved 157 us? Was not Esau 6215 Jacob's 3290 brother 251? saith 559 the LORD 3068: yet I loved 157 Jacob 3290,
3 And I hated 8130 Esau 6215, and laid 7760 his mountains 2022 and his heritage 5159 waste 8077 for the dragons 8568 of the wilderness 4057.
4 Whereas Edom 123 saith 559, We are impoverished 7567, but we will return 7725 and build 1129 the desolate places 2723; thus saith 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, They shall build 1129, but I will throw down 2040; and they shall call 7121 them, The border 1366 of wickedness 7564, and, The people 5971 against whom the LORD 3068 hath indignation 2194 for 5704 ever 5769.
5 And your eyes 5869 shall see 7200, and ye shall say 559, The LORD 3068 will be magnified 1431 from the border 1366 of Israel 3478.
6 A son 1121 honoureth 3513 his father 1, and a servant 5650 his master 113: if then I be a father 1, where is mine honour 3519? and if I be a master 113, where is my fear 4172? saith 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635 unto you, O priests 3548, that despise 959 my name 8034. And ye say 559, Wherein have we despised 959 thy name 8034?
7 Ye offer 5066 polluted 1351 bread 3899 upon mine altar 4196; and ye say 559, Wherein have we polluted 1351 thee? In that ye say 559, The table 7979 of the LORD 3068 is contemptible 959.
8 And if ye offer 5066 the blind 5787 for sacrifice 2076, is it not evil 7451? and if ye offer 5066 the lame 6455 and sick 2470, is it not evil 7451? offer 7126 it now unto thy governor 6346; will he be pleased 7521 with thee, or accept 5375 thy person 6440? saith 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635.
9 And now, I pray you, beseech 2470 6440 God 410 that he will be gracious 2603 unto us: this hath been by your means 3027: will he regard 5375 your persons 6440? saith 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635.
10 Who is there even among you that would shut 5462 the doors 1817 for nought? neither do ye kindle 215 fire on mine altar 4196 for nought 2600. I have no pleasure 2656 in you, saith 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, neither will I accept 7521 an offering 4503 at your hand 3027.
11 For from the rising 4217 of the sun 8121 even unto the going down 3996 of the same my name 8034 shall be great 1419 among the Gentiles 1471; and in every place 4725 incense 6999 shall be offered 5066 unto my name 8034, and a pure 2889 offering 4503: for my name 8034 shall be great 1419 among the heathen 1471, saith 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635.
12 But ye have profaned 2490 it, in that ye say 559, The table 7979 of the LORD 3068 is polluted 1351; and the fruit 5108 thereof, even his meat 400, is contemptible 959.
13 Ye said 559 also, Behold, what a weariness 4972 is it! and ye have snuffed 5301 at it, saith 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635; and ye brought 935 that which was torn 1497, and the lame 6455, and the sick 2470; thus ye brought 935 an offering 4503: should I accept 7521 this of your hand 3027? saith 559 the LORD 3068.
14 But cursed 779 be the deceiver 5230, which 3426 hath in his flock 5739 a male 2145, and voweth 5087, and sacrificeth 2076 unto the Lord 136 a corrupt thing 7843: for I am a great 1419 King 4428, saith 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, and my name 8034 is dreadful 3372 among the heathen 1471.