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Malachi Chapter 1 (Passion Bible)

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Introduction

¹ This is divine revelation—the message Yahweh gave to Israel through Malachi.

² “I, Yahweh, say to you: I have always loved you. “But you ask, ‘How have you shown us your love?’ “I, Yahweh, say to you: Were not Esau and Jacob twins? Yet I have loved Jacob and his descendants

³ more than Esau and his descendants, whom I rejected. And I have turned the hill country of Esau into a barren wasteland and left his land to the desert jackals.

⁴ “The people of Edom vow, ‘Though we have been shattered, we will rebuild the ruins.’ “But this is what I, Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies, say: You may build, but I will demolish it again. People will call you ‘The Wicked Land’ and ‘The People under the Perpetual Anger of Yahweh.’

⁵ “Israel, you will witness this with your own eyes and say, ‘The greatness of Yahweh extends even beyond our own borders.’ ” Blemished Sacrifices

⁶ “I, Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies, say to you priests, ‘Sons honor their fathers, and servants respect their masters. Yet if I am your father, why don’t you honor me? If I am your master, why don’t you respect me? You have despised my glorious name.’ “But you ask, ‘How have we despised your name?’

⁷ “You place defiled food on my sacred altar. “Still you ask, ‘How have we defiled you?’ “By treating Yahweh’s table as though it deserves no respect.

⁸ Is it not wrong to offer your blind, lame, and sick animals as sacrifices to me? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he show you favor?” asks Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies.

⁹ “Now try flattering me with inappropriate sacrifices that I may be gracious to you. When you offer me such sacrifices, do you expect me to show you favor?” asks Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies.

¹⁰ “It would be far better to halt temple worship altogether and one of you shut the temple gates so that you would not keep lighting worthless fires on my altar. I am not pleased with you, and I will not accept any offering from your hands,” says Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies.

¹¹ “From one end of the world to the other, my name will be great among the nations. In every place, incense and a pure offering will be offered to my name. All over the world my name will receive honor,” says Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies.

¹² “But your actions dishonor me. You profane my name by being bored with the Lord’s table and considering it to be common. You say that what you offer me has no worth.

¹³ You also say, ‘We’re fed up with all this!’ And you turn up your nose in disgust,” says Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies. “You offer me injured, crippled, or diseased animals, but I won’t accept your sacrifices. This is Yahweh speaking to you.

¹⁴ “A curse rests on the cheat who has a perfect male offering in his flock and vows to give it but then sacrifices a puny, imperfect animal to me. For I am a great King,” says Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies, “and my name is to be formidable among the nations.”

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1	This is divine revelation—the message Yahweh gave to Israel through Malachi.
2	“I, Yahweh, say to you: I have always loved you. “But you ask, ‘How have you shown us your love?’ “I, Yahweh, say to you: Were not Esau and Jacob twins? Yet I have loved Jacob and his descendants
3	more than Esau and his descendants, whom I rejected. And I have turned the hill country of Esau into a barren wasteland and left his land to the desert jackals.
4	“The people of Edom vow, ‘Though we have been shattered, we will rebuild the ruins.’ “But this is what I, Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies, say: You may build, but I will demolish it again. People will call you ‘The Wicked Land’ and ‘The People under the Perpetual Anger of Yahweh.’
5	“Israel, you will witness this with your own eyes and say, ‘The greatness of Yahweh extends even beyond our own borders.’ ” Blemished Sacrifices
6	“I, Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies, say to you priests, ‘Sons honor their fathers, and servants respect their masters. Yet if I am your father, why don’t you honor me? If I am your master, why don’t you respect me? You have despised my glorious name.’ “But you ask, ‘How have we despised your name?’
7	“You place defiled food on my sacred altar. “Still you ask, ‘How have we defiled you?’ “By treating Yahweh’s table as though it deserves no respect.
8	Is it not wrong to offer your blind, lame, and sick animals as sacrifices to me? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he show you favor?” asks Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies.
9	“Now try flattering me with inappropriate sacrifices that I may be gracious to you. When you offer me such sacrifices, do you expect me to show you favor?” asks Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies.
10	“It would be far better to halt temple worship altogether and one of you shut the temple gates so that you would not keep lighting worthless fires on my altar. I am not pleased with you, and I will not accept any offering from your hands,” says Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies.
11	“From one end of the world to the other, my name will be great among the nations. In every place, incense and a pure offering will be offered to my name. All over the world my name will receive honor,” says Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies.
12	“But your actions dishonor me. You profane my name by being bored with the Lord’s table and considering it to be common. You say that what you offer me has no worth.
13	You also say, ‘We’re fed up with all this!’ And you turn up your nose in disgust,” says Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies. “You offer me injured, crippled, or diseased animals, but I won’t accept your sacrifices. This is Yahweh speaking to you.
14	“A curse rests on the cheat who has a perfect male offering in his flock and vows to give it but then sacrifices a puny, imperfect animal to me. For I am a great King,” says Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies, “and my name is to be formidable among the nations.”

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