Malachi 1:6-14

Legacy Standard Bible

The Priests Defile Yahweh

⁶ “‘A son ^(A)honors his father, and a slave his master. Then if I am a ^(B)father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is the fear of Me?’ says Yahweh of hosts to you, O ^(C)priests who despise My name. But you say, ‘How have we despised Your name?’ ⁷ You are presenting ^(D)defiled ^[a](E)food upon My altar. But you say, ‘How have we defiled You?’ In that you say, ‘The ^(F)table of Yahweh is to be despised.’ ⁸ But when you present the ^(G)blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? And when you present the lame and sick, is it not evil? Please, bring it near to your ^(H)governor! Would he accept you? Or would he lift up your face?” says Yahweh of hosts. ⁹ “But now, ^[b](I)entreat God’s favor, that He may be gracious to us! With this thing which is from your hand, will He ^(J)lift up any of your faces?” says Yahweh of hosts. ¹⁰ “Oh that there were one among you who would ^(K)shut the ^[c]gates, that you might not light a fire on My altar in vain! I have no delight in you,” says Yahweh of hosts, “^(L)nor will I accept an offering from your hand. ¹¹ For from the ^(M)rising of the sun even to its setting, ^(N)My name will be ^(O)great among the nations, and in every place ^(P)incense is going to be presented to My name, as well as a grain offering that is clean; for My name will be ^(Q)great among the nations,” says Yahweh of hosts. ¹² “But you are ^(R)profaning it, in that you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is to be despised.’ ¹³ You also say, ‘Behold, how ^(S)tiresome it is!’ And you disdainfully sniff at it,” says Yahweh of hosts, “and you bring what was taken by ^(T)robbery and what is ^(U)lame or sick; so you bring the offering! Should I ^(V)accept that from your hand?” says Yahweh. ¹⁴ “But cursed be the ^(W)swindler who has a male in his flock and vows it, but sacrifices a ^[d](X)blemished animal to the Lord, for I am a great ^(Y)King,” says Yahweh of hosts, “and My name is ^[e](Z)feared among the ^[f]nations.”