Malachi 1
The LORD's Love for Jacob |
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The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Mal'achi.
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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,
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and I hated Esau, Rom. 9.13 and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons
of the wilderness.
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Whereas Edom Is. 34.5-17 ; 63.1-6 · Jer. 49.7-22 · Ezek.
25.12-14 ; 35.1-15 · Amos 1.11, 12 · 1.14 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.
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And your eyes shall see, and ye shall
say, The LORD will be magnified from the border
of Israel.
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The LORD Rebukes the Priests |
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A son honoreth his father, and a
servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honor? 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?
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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.
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And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, Deut. 15.21 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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