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