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A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar. And ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of Jehovah is contemptible. And when ye offer the blind for sacrifice, it is no evil! and when ye offer the lame and sick, it is no evil! Present it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith Jehovah of hosts. And now, I pray you, entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious unto us: this hath been [a]by your means: will he [b]accept any of your persons? saith Jehovah of hosts. 10 Oh that there were one among you that would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle fire on mine altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. 11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name [c]shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place [d]incense [e]shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name [f]shall be great among the Gentiles, saith Jehovah of hosts. 12 But ye profane it, in that ye say, The table of Jehovah is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even its food, is contemptible. 13 Ye say also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith Jehovah of hosts; and ye have brought that which was taken by violence, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye bring the offering: should I accept this at your hand? saith Jehovah. 14 But cursed be the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King, saith Jehovah of hosts, and my name is terrible among the Gentiles.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 1:9 Hebrew from your hand.
  2. Malachi 1:9 Or, accept any because of you
  3. Malachi 1:11 Or, is
  4. Malachi 1:11 Or, incense and a pure oblation are offered
  5. Malachi 1:11 Or, is
  6. Malachi 1:11 Or, is

An Oracle Against the Temple Priesthood

“A son honors his father, and a slave his master;[a] but if I am a father, where is my honor, and if I am a master,[b] where is my reverence?” says Yahweh of hosts to you, O priests, who despise[c] my name. “But you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’ You are presenting defiled food on my altar! But you ask, ‘How have we defiled you?’ By saying that the table of Yahweh is despised! When you offer a blind animal for sacrifice, is that not wrong?[d] And when you offer the lame and the one who is ill, is that not wrong?[e] Present it, please, to your governor! Will he be pleased with you? Will he show you favor?”[f] says Yahweh of hosts. So then, implore the favor of God[g] so that he will be gracious to us. “This is what you have done.[h] Will he show favor to any of you?”[i] says Yahweh of hosts. 10 “Who also among you will shut the temple doors so that you will not kindle fire in vain on my altar? I take no pleasure in you,” says Yahweh of hosts, “and I will not accept[j] an offering from your hand. 11 From the rising of the sun to its setting, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense is being presented to my name, and a pure offering. For my name is great among the nations,” says Yahweh of hosts. 12 “But you are profaning it by saying the table of the Lord is defiled, and its fruit—its food[k]—is despised! 13 And you say, ‘Look! This is a weariness,’ and you sniff with disdain at it,” says Yahweh of hosts. “And you bring the stolen, the lame, and the one that is sick—this you bring as the offering! Should I accept it[l] from your hand?” says Yahweh. 14 “Cursed is the one who cheats, who has in his flock a male and vows it, but instead sacrifices a blemished one to the Lord! For I am a great king,” says Yahweh of hosts, “and my name is awesome among the nations.”

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 1:6 Hebrew “masters”
  2. Malachi 1:6 Hebrew “masters”
  3. Malachi 1:6 Literally “despisers of”
  4. Malachi 1:8 Or “is there no wrong?”
  5. Malachi 1:8 Or “is there no wrong?”
  6. Malachi 1:8 Literally “Will he lift your face?”
  7. Malachi 1:9 Literally “appease, please, the face of God”
  8. Malachi 1:9 Literally “From your hand was this”
  9. Malachi 1:9 Literally “will he lift up from you a face”
  10. Malachi 1:10 Literally “I will not take pleasure in”
  11. Malachi 1:12 The Hebrew here is difficult; “its food” may function to explain “its fruit”
  12. Malachi 1:13 Literally “take pleasure in it”