<vn='1'>The <sn="4853">burden</s> of the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="3027">by</s><sn="4401">Malachi</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>I have <sn="157">loved</s> you, <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. Yet ye <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="4100">Wherein</s> hast thou <sn="157">loved</s> us? Was <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6215">Esau</s><sn="3290">Jacob</s> 's <sn="251">brother</s>? <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: yet I <sn="157">loved</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3290">Jacob</s>, </v>
<vn='3'>And I <sn="8130">hated</s><sn="6215">Esau</s>, and <sn="7760">laid</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="2022">mountains</s> and his <sn="5159">heritage</s><sn="8077">waste</s> for the <sn="8568">dragons</s> of the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3588">Whereas</s><sn="123">Edom</s><sn="559">saith</s>, We are <sn="7567">impoverished</s>, but we will <sn="7725">return</s> and <sn="1129">build</s> the desolate <sn="2723">places</s>; <sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, <sn="1992">They</s> shall <sn="1129">build</s>, but <sn="589">I</s> will throw <sn="2040">down</s>; and they shall <sn="7121">call</s> them, The <sn="1366">border</s> of <sn="7564">wickedness</s>, and, The <sn="5971">people</s> against <sn="834">whom</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="2194">indignation</s><sn="5704 5769">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And your <sn="5869">eyes</s> shall <sn="7200">see</s>, and <sn="859">ye</s> shall <sn="559">say</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s> will be <sn="1431">magnified</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> the <sn="1366">border</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>A <sn="1121">son</s><sn="3513">honoreth</s> his <sn="1">father</s>, and a <sn="5650">servant</s> his <sn="113">master</s>: <sn="518">if</s> then <sn="589">I</s> be a <sn="1">father</s>, <sn="346">where</s> is mine <sn="3519">honor</s>? and <sn="518">if</s><sn="589">I</s> be a <sn="113">master</s>, <sn="346">where</s> is my <sn="4172">fear</s>? <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s> unto you, O <sn="3548">priests</s>, that <sn="959">despise</s> my <sn="8034">name</s>. And ye <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="4100">Wherein</s> have we <sn="959">despised</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="8034">name</s>? </v>
<vn='7'>Ye <sn="5066">offer</s><sn="1351">polluted</s><sn="3899">bread</s><sn="5921">upon</s> mine <sn="4196">altar</s>; and ye <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="4100">Wherein</s> have we <sn="1351">polluted</s> thee? In that ye <sn="559">say</s>, The <sn="7979">table</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> is <sn="959">contemptible</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="3588">if</s> ye <sn="5066">offer</s> the <sn="5787">blind</s> for <sn="2076">sacrifice</s>, is it <sn="369">not</s><sn="7451">evil</s>? and <sn="3588">if</s> ye <sn="5066">offer</s> the <sn="6455">lame</s> and <sn="2470">sick</s>, is it <sn="369">not</s><sn="7451">evil</s>? <sn="7126">offer</s> it <sn="4994">now</s> unto thy <sn="6346">governor</s>; will he be <sn="7521">pleased</s> with thee, <sn="176">or</s><sn="5375">accept</s> thy <sn="6440">person</s>? <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And <sn="6258">now</s>, I pray <sn="4994">you</s>, <sn="2470">beseech</s><sn="410">God</s> that he will be <sn="2603">gracious</s> unto us: <sn="2063">this</s> hath <sn="1961">been</s> by your <sn="4480 3027">means</s>: will he <sn="5375">regard</s><sn="4480">your</s><sn="6440">persons</s>? <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="4310">Who</s> is there <sn="1571">even</s> among you that would <sn="5462">shut</s> the <sn="1817">doors</s> for naught? <sn="3808">neither</s> do ye <sn="215">kindle</s> fire on mine <sn="4196">altar</s> for <sn="2600">naught</s>. I have <sn="369">no</s><sn="2656">pleasure</s> in you, <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> will I <sn="7521">accept</s> an <sn="4503">offering</s> at your <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="3588">For</s> from the <sn="4480 4217">rising</s> of the <sn="8121">sun</s> even <sn="5704">unto</s> the going <sn="3996">down</s> of the same my <sn="8034">name</s> shall be <sn="1419">great</s> among the <sn="1471">Gentiles</s>; and in <sn="3605">every</s><sn="4725">place</s><sn="6999">incense</s> shall be <sn="5066">offered</s> unto my <sn="8034">name</s>, and a <sn="2889">pure</s><sn="4503">offering</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> my <sn="8034">name</s> shall be <sn="1419">great</s> among the <sn="1471">heathen</s>, <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>But <sn="859">ye</s> have <sn="2490">profaned</s> it, in that ye <sn="559">say</s>, The <sn="7979">table</s> of the <sn="136">LORD</s> is <sn="1351">polluted</s>; and the <sn="5108">fruit</s> thereof, even his <sn="400">meat</s>, is <sn="959">contemptible</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Ye <sn="559">said</s> also, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, what a <sn="4972 8513">weariness</s> is it! and ye have snuffed <sn="5301">at</s> it, <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>; and ye <sn="935">brought</s> that which was <sn="1497">torn</s>, and the <sn="6455">lame</s>, and the <sn="2470">sick</s>; thus ye <sn="935">brought</s><sn="*853"></s> an <sn="4503">offering</s>: should I <sn="7521">accept</s> this of your <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>? <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>But <sn="779">cursed</s> be the <sn="5230">deceiver</s>, which <sn="3426">hath</s> in his <sn="5739">flock</s> a <sn="2145">male</s>, and <sn="5087">voweth</s>, and <sn="2076">sacrificeth</s> unto the <sn="136">Lord</s> a corrupt <sn="7843">thing</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="589">I</s> am a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="4428">King</s>, <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, and my <sn="8034">name</s> is <sn="3372">dreadful</s> among the <sn="1471">heathen</s>. </v>