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Malachi 1

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ An oracle: ⓐ The word of the LORD ⓑ to Israel through ⓒ Malachi. [1]

² “I have loved you,” ⓓ says the LORD. But you ask: “How have You loved us?” “Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” ⓔ This is the LORD’s declaration. “Even so, I loved Jacob,

³ but I hated Esau. ⓕ I turned his mountains into a wasteland, and gave his inheritance to the desert jackals.” ⓖ

⁴ Though Edom says: “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild [2] the ruins,” the LORD of Hosts says this: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called a wicked country ⓗ and the people the LORD has cursed [3] forever. ⓘ

⁵ Your own eyes will see this, and you yourselves will say, ‘The LORD is great, even beyond [4] the borders of Israel.’ ⓙ

⁶ “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me? ⓚ says Yahweh of Hosts to you priests, who despise My name.” Yet you ask: “How have we despised Your name?”

⁷ “By presenting defiled food on My altar.” You ask: “How have we defiled You?” ⓛ When you say: “The LORD’s table is contemptible.” ⓜ

⁸ “When you present a blind animal for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present a lame or sick animal, is it not wrong? ⓝ Bring it to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.

⁹ “And now ask for God’s favor. Will He be gracious to us? ⓞ Since this has come from your hands, will He show any of you favor?” ⓟ asks the LORD of Hosts.

¹⁰ “I wish one of you would shut the temple doors, ⓠ so you would no longer kindle a useless fire on My altar! ⓡ I am not pleased with you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept ⓢ no offering from your hands. ⓣ

¹¹ “For My name will be great among the nations, ⓤ from the rising of the sun to its setting. Incense [5] and pure offerings will be presented in My name in every place because My name will be great among the nations,” [6] says Yahweh of Hosts.

¹² But you are profaning it ⓥ when you say: “The Lord’s table is defiled, and its product, its food, is contemptible.”

¹³ You also say: “Look, what a nuisance!” “And you scorn [7] it,” [8] ⓦ says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring stolen, [9] ⓧ lame, or sick animals. You bring this as an offering! Am I to accept that from your hands?” asks the LORD.

¹⁴ “The deceiver is cursed who has an acceptable male in his flock and makes a vow but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. ⓨ For I am a great King,” says Yahweh of Hosts, “and My name [10] will be feared among the nations.

#	HCSB
1	An oracle: ⓐ The word of the LORD ⓑ to Israel through ⓒ Malachi. [1]
2	“I have loved you,” ⓓ says the LORD. But you ask: “How have You loved us?” “Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” ⓔ This is the LORD’s declaration. “Even so, I loved Jacob,
3	but I hated Esau. ⓕ I turned his mountains into a wasteland, and gave his inheritance to the desert jackals.” ⓖ
4	Though Edom says: “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild [2] the ruins,” the LORD of Hosts says this: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called a wicked country ⓗ and the people the LORD has cursed [3] forever. ⓘ
5	Your own eyes will see this, and you yourselves will say, ‘The LORD is great, even beyond [4] the borders of Israel.’ ⓙ
6	“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me? ⓚ says Yahweh of Hosts to you priests, who despise My name.” Yet you ask: “How have we despised Your name?”
7	“By presenting defiled food on My altar.” You ask: “How have we defiled You?” ⓛ When you say: “The LORD’s table is contemptible.” ⓜ
8	“When you present a blind animal for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present a lame or sick animal, is it not wrong? ⓝ Bring it to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.
9	“And now ask for God’s favor. Will He be gracious to us? ⓞ Since this has come from your hands, will He show any of you favor?” ⓟ asks the LORD of Hosts.
10	“I wish one of you would shut the temple doors, ⓠ so you would no longer kindle a useless fire on My altar! ⓡ I am not pleased with you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept ⓢ no offering from your hands. ⓣ
11	“For My name will be great among the nations, ⓤ from the rising of the sun to its setting. Incense [5] and pure offerings will be presented in My name in every place because My name will be great among the nations,” [6] says Yahweh of Hosts.
12	But you are profaning it ⓥ when you say: “The Lord’s table is defiled, and its product, its food, is contemptible.”
13	You also say: “Look, what a nuisance!” “And you scorn [7] it,” [8] ⓦ says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring stolen, [9] ⓧ lame, or sick animals. You bring this as an offering! Am I to accept that from your hands?” asks the LORD.
14	“The deceiver is cursed who has an acceptable male in his flock and makes a vow but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. ⓨ For I am a great King,” says Yahweh of Hosts, “and My name [10] will be feared among the nations.

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^{Malachi 1:1 [1]} Malachi means my messenger.

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