Mal 1
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The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by the hand of his messenger. Lay it,
I pray you, to heart.
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I have loved you, says the Lord. And you said, Wherein have you loved us? Was not
Esau Jacob’s brother? says the Lord: yet Ro 9:13 I loved Jacob,
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and hated Esau and Lit. appointed them for desolation laid waste his borders, and made his heritage as dwellings of the wilderness?
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Because one will say, Idumea has been overthrown, but let us return and rebuild the
desolate places; thus says the Lord Almighty, They shall build, but I will throw down;
and they shall be called The borders of wickedness, and, The people against whom the
Lord has set himself for ever.
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And your eyes shall see, and you shall say, The Lord has been magnified Gr. above upon the borders of Israel.
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A son honours his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is
mine honour? and if I am a master, where is my fear? says the Lord Almighty. You the
priests are they that despise my name: yet you said, Wherein have we despised your
name?
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In that you bring to mine altar polluted bread; and you said, Wherein have you polluted
it? In that you say, The table of the Lord is polluted, and that which was set thereon
you have despised.
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For if you bring a blind victim for sacrifices, is it not evil? and if you bring the
lame or the sick, is it not evil? offer it now to your ruler, and see if he will receive
you, if he will accept your person, says the Lord Almighty.
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And now Lit. propitiate intreat the face of your God, and make supplication to him. These things have been
done by your hands; shall I accept you? says the Lord Almighty.
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Because even among you the doors shall be shut, and one will not kindle the fire of
mine altar for nothing, I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord Almighty, and I will
not accept a sacrifice at your hands.
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For from the rising of the sun even to the going down thereof my name has been glorified
among the Gentiles; and in every place incense is offered to my name, and a pure offering:
for my name is great among the Gentiles, says the Lord Almighty.
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But you profane it, in that you say, The table of the Lord is polluted, and his meats
set thereon are despised.
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And you said, These services are troublesome: therefore I have Gr. puffed at them utterly rejected them with scorn, says the
Lord Almighty: and you brought in torn
victims, and lame, and sick: if then you should bring an offering, shall I accept
them at your hands? says the Lord Almighty.
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And cursed is the man who had the power, and possessed a male in his flock, and whose
vow is upon him, and who sacrifices a corrupt thing to the Lord: for I am a great
King, says the Lord Almighty, and my name is glorious among the nations.