MALACHI Chapter 1 (GNB)
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This is the message that the LORD gave Malachi to tell the people of Israel.
1:2
The LORD says to his people, "I have always loved you." But they
reply, "How have you shown your love for us?" The LORD answers,
"Esau and Jacob were brothers, but I have loved Jacob and his descendants,
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and have hated Esau and his descendants. I have devastated Esau's hill country
and abandoned the land to jackals."
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If Esau's descendants, the Edomites, say, "Our
towns have been destroyed, but we will rebuild them," then the LORD will
reply, "Let them rebuild---I will tear them down again. People will call
them 'The evil country' and 'The nation with whom the
LORD is angry forever.' "
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The people of Israel are going to see this with their own eyes, and they will
say, "The LORD is mighty even outside the land of Israel!"
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The LORD Almighty says to the priests, "Children honor
their parents, and servants honor their masters. I am
your father---why don't you honor me? I am your master---why
don't you respect me? You despise me, and yet you ask, 'How have we despised
you?'
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This is how---by offering worthless food on my altar. Then you ask, 'How have
we failed to respect you?' I will tell you---by showing contempt for my altar.
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When you bring a blind or sick or lame animal to sacrifice to me, do you think
there's nothing wrong with that? Try giving an animal like that to the
governor! Would he be pleased with you or grant you any favors?"
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Now, you priests, try asking God to be good to us. He will not answer your
prayer, and it will be your fault.
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The LORD Almighty says, "I wish one of you would close the Temple doors so
as to prevent you from lighting useless fires on my altar. I am not pleased
with you; I will not accept the offerings you bring me.
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People from one end of the world to the other honor
me. Everywhere they burn incense to me and offer acceptable sacrifices. All of
them honor me!
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But you dishonor me when you say that my altar is
worthless and when you offer on it food that you despise.
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You say, 'How tired we are of all this!' and you turn up your nose at me. As
your offering to me you bring a stolen animal or one that is lame or sick. Do
you think I will accept that from you?
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A curse on the cheater who sacrifices a worthless animal to me, when he has in
his flock a good animal that he promised to give me! For I am a great king, and
people of all nations fear me."
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