The burden{H4853} of the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} to Israel{H3478} by{H3027} Malachi.{H4401}

I have loved{H157} you, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} Yet ye say,{H559} Wherein hast thou loved{H157} us? Was not Esau{H6215} Jacob's{H3290} brother?{H251} saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} yet I loved{H157} Jacob;{H3290}

but Esau{H6215} I hated,{H8130} and made{H7760} his mountains{H2022} a desolation,{H8077} and [gave] his heritage{H5159} to the jackals{H8568} of the wilderness.{H4057}

Whereas Edom{H123} saith,{H559} We are beaten{H7567} down, but we will return{H7725} and build{H1129} the waste places;{H2723} thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} They shall build,{H1129} but I will throw down;{H2040} and men shall call{H7121} them The border{H1366} of wickedness,{H7564} and The people{H5971} against whom Jehovah{H3068} hath indignation{H2194} for{H5704} ever.{H5769}

And your eyes{H5869} shall see,{H7200} and ye shall say,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} be magnified{H1431} beyond the border{H1366} of Israel.{H3478}

A son{H1121} honoreth{H3513} his father,{H1} and a servant{H5650} his master:{H113} if then I am a father,{H1} where is mine honor?{H3519} and if I am a master,{H113} where is my fear?{H4172} saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} unto you, O priests,{H3548} that despise{H959} my name.{H8034} And ye say,{H559} Wherein have we despised{H959} thy name?{H8034}

Ye offer{H5066} polluted{H1351} bread{H3899} upon mine altar.{H4196} And ye say,{H559} Wherein have we polluted{H1351} thee? In that ye say,{H559} The table{H7979} of Jehovah{H3068} is contemptible.{H959}

And when ye offer{H5066} the blind{H5787} for sacrifice,{H2076} it is no evil!{H7451} and when ye offer{H5066} the lame{H6455} and sick,{H2470} it is no evil!{H7451} Present{H7126} it now unto thy governor;{H6346} will he be pleased{H7521} with thee? or will he accept{H5375} thy person?{H6440} saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}

And now, I pray you, entreat{H2470} the favor of God,{H410} that he may be gracious{H2603} unto us: this hath been by your means:{H3027} will he accept{H5375} any of your persons?{H6440} saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}

Oh that there were one among you that would shut{H5462} the doors,{H1817} that ye might not kindle{H215} [fire on] mine altar{H4196} in vain! I have no{H2600} pleasure{H2656} in you, saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} neither will I accept{H7521} an offering{H4503} at your hand.{H3027}

For from the rising{H4217} of the sun{H8121} even unto the going down{H3996} of the same my name{H8034} [shall be] great{H1419} among the Gentiles;{H1471} and in every place{H4725} incense{H6999} [shall be] offered{H5066} unto my name,{H8034} and a pure{H2889} offering:{H4503} for my name{H8034} [shall be] great{H1419} among the Gentiles,{H1471} saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}

But ye profane{H2490} it, in that ye say,{H559} The table{H7979} of Jehovah{H3068} is polluted,{H1351} and the fruit{H5108} thereof, even its food,{H400} is contemptible.{H959}

Ye say{H559} also, Behold, what a weariness{H4972} is it! and ye have snuffed{H5301} at it, saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts;{H6635} and ye have brought{H935} that which was taken by violence,{H1497} and the lame,{H6455} and the sick;{H2470} thus ye bring{H935} the offering:{H4503} should I accept{H7521} this at your hand?{H3027} saith{H559} Jehovah.{H3068}

But cursed{H779} be the deceiver,{H5230} who{H3426} hath in his flock{H5739} a male,{H2145} and voweth,{H5087} and sacrificeth{H2076} unto the Lord{H136} a blemished thing;{H7843} for I am a great{H1419} King,{H4428} saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} and my name{H8034} is terrible{H3372} among the Gentiles.{H1471}