1The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.
2I 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,[ † ]Deuteronomy 4:37Deuteronomy 7:8Deuteronomy 23:5Isaiah 41:8-9Jeremiah 31:3John 15:12Romans 9:13 3and I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.[ † ]Jeremiah 49:18Ezekiel 35:9-15 4Whereas Edom 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.[ † ]Jeremiah 49:16-18 5And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The Lord will be magnified from the border of Israel.[ † ]Psalms 35:27Micah 5:4
6A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? 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?[ † ]Exodus 20:12Proverbs 30:11-17Matthew 15:4-8Ephesians 6:2-3Isaiah 63:16Isaiah 64:8Jeremiah 31:9Luke 6:46Malachi 2:14 7Ye 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.[ † ]Deuteronomy 15:21Ezekiel 41:22 8And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, 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.[ † ]Leviticus 22:22Deuteronomy 15:19-23Job 42:8 9And 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.[ † ]Hosea 13:9
10Who 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.[ † ]1 Corinthians 9:13Isaiah 1:11 11For 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.[ † ]Isaiah 59:19Isaiah 60:3-51 Timothy 2:8Revelation 8:3Isaiah 66:18-19
12But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.[ † ]Malachi 1:7 13Ye 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 .[ † ]Isaiah 43:22Leviticus 22:20 14But 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.[ † ]Malachi 1:8Leviticus 22:18-20Psalms 47:2