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10 “Oh that there were one among you who would (A)shut the [a]gates, that you might not light a fire on My altar in vain! I have no delight in you,” says Yahweh of hosts, “(B)nor will I accept an offering from your hand.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 1:10 Or doors

10 “Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors,(A) so that you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased(B) with you,” says the Lord Almighty, “and I will accept(C) no offering(D) from your hands.

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13 You also say, ‘Behold, how (A)tiresome it is!’ And you disdainfully sniff at it,” says Yahweh of hosts, “and you bring what was taken by (B)robbery and what is (C)lame or sick; so you bring the offering! Should I (D)accept that from your hand?” says Yahweh.

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13 And you say, ‘What a burden!’(A) and you sniff at it contemptuously,(B)” says the Lord Almighty.

“When you bring injured, lame or diseased animals and offer them as sacrifices,(C) should I accept them from your hands?”(D) says the Lord.

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