Malachi:1:6-14

sf_leeser_rev1@Malachi:1:6 @ A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is my honor? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name; and ye say, wherein have we despised thy name?

sf_leeser_rev1@Malachi:1:7 @ Ye offer upon my altar polluted bread; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible.

sf_leeser_rev1@Malachi:1:8 @ And if ye bring near the blind to sacrifice it, is this not evil? and if ye bring near the lame and the sick, is this not evil? do but present it unto thy governor, will he be pleased with thee, or receive thee with favor? saith the Lord of hosts.

sf_leeser_rev1@Malachi:1:9 @ And now, I pray you, beseech the presence of God that he may be gracious unto us; from your hand hath this thing come: will he receive one of you with favor? saith the Lord of hosts.

sf_leeser_rev1@Malachi:1:10 @ Oh that there were some one among you that would lock up the doors, that ye might not light up my altar for nought: I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts, neither will I accept in favor an offering from your hand.

sf_leeser_rev1@Malachi:1:11 @ For from the rising of the sun even unto his going down my name is great among the nations; and in every place incense is burnt and there is offered unto my name, even a pure offering; for great is my name among the nations, saith the Lord of hosts.

sf_leeser_rev1@Malachi:1:12 @ But ye profane it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted, and by the assertion, Its food is contemptible.

sf_leeser_rev1@Malachi:1:13 @ And ye have said, Behold, what a wearisome task is it! and ye have left it to famish, saith the Lord of hosts; and ye have brought what was robbed, and the lame, and the sick, and thus ye have brought an offering: should I accept this in favor from your hand? saith the Lord.

sf_leeser_rev1@Malachi:1:14 @ But cursed be the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth a corrupt thing unto the Lord; for I am a great king, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is feared among the nations.

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