Dual Panel1The burden <04853> of the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> to Israel <03478> by <03027> Malachi <04401>_. {by...: Heb. by the hand of}
2I have loved <0157> (8804) you, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>_. Yet ye say <0559> (8804)_, Wherein hast thou loved <0157> (8804) us? [Was] not Esau <06215> Jacob's <03290> brother <0251>_? saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>_: yet I loved <0157> (8799) Jacob <03290>_,
3And I hated <08130> (8804) Esau <06215>_, and laid <07760> (8799) his mountains <02022> and his heritage <05159> waste <08077> for the dragons <08568> of the wilderness <04057>_.
4Whereas Edom <0123> saith <0559> (8799)_, We are impoverished <07567> (8795)_, but we will return <07725> (8799) and build <01129> (8799) the desolate places <02723>_; thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_, They shall build <01129> (8799)_, but I will throw down <02040> (8799)_; and they shall call <07121> (8804) them, The border <01366> of wickedness <07564>_, and, The people <05971> against whom the LORD <03068> hath indignation <02194> (8804) for <05704> ever <05769>_.
5And your eyes <05869> shall see <07200> (8799)_, and ye shall say <0559> (8799)_, The LORD <03068> will be magnified <01431> (8799) from the border <01366> of Israel <03478>_. {from: or, upon: Heb. from upon}
6A son <01121> honoureth <03513> (8762) [his] father <01>_, and a servant <05650> his master <0113>_: if then I [be] a father <01>_, where [is] mine honour <03519>_? and if I [be] a master <0113>_, where [is] my fear <04172>_? saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> unto you, O priests <03548>_, that despise <0959> (8802) my name <08034>_. And ye say <0559> (8804)_, Wherein have we despised <0959> (8804) thy name <08034>_?
7Ye offer <05066> (8688) polluted <01351> (8794) bread <03899> upon mine altar <04196>_; and ye say <0559> (8804)_, Wherein have we polluted <01351> (8765) thee? In that ye say <0559> (8800)_, The table <07979> of the LORD <03068> [is] contemptible <0959> (8737)_. {offer...: or, bring unto, etc}
8And if ye offer <05066> (8686) the blind <05787> for sacrifice <02076> (8800)_, [is it] not evil <07451>_? and if ye offer <05066> (8686) the lame <06455> and sick <02470> (8802)_, [is it] not evil <07451>_? offer <07126> (8685) it now unto thy governor <06346>_; will he be pleased <07521> (8799) with thee, or accept <05375> (8799) thy person <06440>_? saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_. {for: Heb. to}
9And now, I pray you, beseech <02470> (8761) <06440> God <0410> that he will be gracious <02603> (8799) unto us: this hath been by your means <03027>_: will he regard <05375> (8799) your persons <06440>_? saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_. {God: Heb. the face of God} {by...: Heb. from your hand}
10Who [is there] even among you that would shut <05462> (8799) the doors <01817> [for nought]? neither do ye kindle <0215> (8686) [fire] on mine altar <04196> for nought <02600>_. I have no pleasure <02656> in you, saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_, neither will I accept <07521> (8799) an offering <04503> at your hand <03027>_.
11For from the rising <04217> of the sun <08121> even unto the going down <03996> of the same my name <08034> [shall be] great <01419> among the Gentiles <01471>_; and in every place <04725> incense <06999> (8716) [shall be] offered <05066> (8716) unto my name <08034>_, and a pure <02889> offering <04503>_: for my name <08034> [shall be] great <01419> among the heathen <01471>_, saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_.
12But ye have profaned <02490> (8764) it, in that ye say <0559> (8800)_, The table <07979> of the LORD <03068> [is] polluted <01351> (8794)_; and the fruit <05108> thereof, [even] his meat <0400>_, [is] contemptible <0959> (8737)_.
13Ye said <0559> (8804) also, Behold, what a weariness <04972> [is it]! and ye have snuffed <05301> (8689) at it, saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_; and ye brought <0935> (8689) [that which was] torn <01497> (8803)_, and the lame <06455>_, and the sick <02470> (8802)_; thus ye brought <0935> (8689) an offering <04503>_: should I accept <07521> (8799) this of your hand <03027>_? saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>_. {and ye have...: or, whereas ye might have blown it away}
14But cursed <0779> (8803) [be] the deceiver <05230> (8802)_, which <03426> hath in his flock <05739> a male <02145>_, and voweth <05087> (8802)_, and sacrificeth <02076> (8802) unto the Lord <0136> a corrupt thing <07843> (8716)_: for I [am] a great <01419> King <04428>_, saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_, and my name <08034> [is] dreadful <03372> (8737) among the heathen <01471>_. {which...: Heb. in whose flock is}