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

2 I have loved{H157}{(H8804)} you, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}. Yet ye say{H559}{(H8804)}, Wherein hast thou loved{H157}{(H8804)} us? Was not Esau{H6215} Jacob's{H3290} brother{H251}? saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}: yet I loved{H157}{(H8799)} Jacob{H3290},

3 And I hated{H8130}{(H8804)} Esau{H6215}, and laid{H7760}{(H8799)} his mountains{H2022} and his heritage{H5159} waste{H8077} for the dragons{H8568} of the wilderness{H4057}.

4 Whereas Edom{H123} saith{H559}{(H8799)}, We are impoverished{H7567}{(H8795)}, but we will return{H7725}{(H8799)} and build{H1129}{(H8799)} the desolate places{H2723}; thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, They shall build{H1129}{(H8799)}, but I will throw down{H2040}{(H8799)}; and they shall call{H7121}{(H8804)} them, The border{H1366} of wickedness{H7564}, and, The people{H5971} against whom the LORD{H3068} hath indignation{H2194}{(H8804)} for{H5704} ever{H5769}.

5 And your eyes{H5869} shall see{H7200}{(H8799)}, and ye shall say{H559}{(H8799)}, The LORD{H3068} will be magnified{H1431}{(H8799)} from the border{H1366} of Israel{H3478}.

6 A son{H1121} honoureth{H3513}{(H8762)} his father{H1}, and a servant{H5650} his master{H113}: if then I be a father{H1}, where is mine honour{H3519}? and if I be a master{H113}, where is my fear{H4172}? saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635} unto you, O priests{H3548}, that despise{H959}{(H8802)} my name{H8034}. And ye say{H559}{(H8804)}, Wherein have we despised{H959}{(H8804)} thy name{H8034}?

7 Ye offer{H5066}{(H8688)} polluted{H1351}{(H8794)} bread{H3899} upon mine altar{H4196}; and ye say{H559}{(H8804)}, Wherein have we polluted{H1351}{(H8765)} thee? In that ye say{H559}{(H8800)}, The table{H7979} of the LORD{H3068} is contemptible{H959}{(H8737)}.

8 And if ye offer{H5066}{(H8686)} the blind{H5787} for sacrifice{H2076}{(H8800)}, is it not evil{H7451}? and if ye offer{H5066}{(H8686)} the lame{H6455} and sick{H2470}{(H8802)}, is it not evil{H7451}? offer{H7126}{(H8685)} it now unto thy governor{H6346}; will he be pleased{H7521}{(H8799)} with thee, or accept{H5375}{(H8799)} thy person{H6440}? saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}.

9 And now, I pray you, beseech{H2470}{(H8761)}{H6440} God{H410} that he will be gracious{H2603}{(H8799)} unto us: this hath been by your means{H3027}: will he regard{H5375}{(H8799)} your persons{H6440}? saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}.

10 Who is there even among you that would shut{H5462}{(H8799)} the doors{H1817} for nought? neither do ye kindle{H215}{(H8686)} fire on mine altar{H4196} for nought{H2600}. I have no pleasure{H2656} in you, saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, neither will I accept{H7521}{(H8799)} an offering{H4503} at your hand{H3027}.

11 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}{(H8716)} shall be offered{H5066}{(H8716)} unto my name{H8034}, and a pure{H2889} offering{H4503}: for my name{H8034} shall be great{H1419} among the heathen{H1471}, saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}.

12 But ye have profaned{H2490}{(H8764)} it, in that ye say{H559}{(H8800)}, The table{H7979} of the LORD{H3068} is polluted{H1351}{(H8794)}; and the fruit{H5108} thereof, even his meat{H400}, is contemptible{H959}{(H8737)}.

13 Ye said{H559}{(H8804)} also, Behold, what a weariness{H4972} is it! and ye have snuffed{H5301}{(H8689)} at it, saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}; and ye brought{H935}{(H8689)} that which was torn{H1497}{(H8803)}, and the lame{H6455}, and the sick{H2470}{(H8802)}; thus ye brought{H935}{(H8689)} an offering{H4503}: should I accept{H7521}{(H8799)} this of your hand{H3027}? saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}.

14 But cursed{H779}{(H8803)} be the deceiver{H5230}{(H8802)}, which{H3426} hath in his flock{H5739} a male{H2145}, and voweth{H5087}{(H8802)}, and sacrificeth{H2076}{(H8802)} unto the Lord{H136} a corrupt thing{H7843}{(H8716)}: for I am a great{H1419} King{H4428}, saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, and my name{H8034} is dreadful{H3372}{(H8737)} among the heathen{H1471}.