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Malachi 1

God's Love for Jacob

1

The  1 aoracleh4853b of the wordh1697 of the LORDh3068 to  bIsraelh3478 throughh3027  2Malachih4401.

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"I have  alovedh157 you," saysh559 the LORDh3068. But you sayh559, "Howh4100 have You lovedh157 us?" "Was not Esauh6215 Jacob'sh3290 brotherh251?" declaresh5002 the LORDh3068. "Yet I  bhave lovedh157 Jacobh3290;

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but I have hatedh8130 Esauh6215, and I have  amadeh7760 his mountainsh2022 a desolationh8077 and appointed his inheritanceh5159 for the jackalsh8565 of the wildernessh4057b."

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Thoughh3588 Edomh112b saysh559, "We have been  abeatenh7567 downh7567, but we will  1 breturnh7725 and buildh1129 up the ruinsh2723"; thush3541 saysh559 the LORDh3068 of hostsh6635, "They may  cbuildh1129, but I will tearh2040 downh2040; and men will callh7121 them the  2wickedh7562 territoryh1366, and the peopleh5971a  3toward whomh834 the LORDh3068 is indignanth2194  dforeverh5704h5769."

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Your eyesh5869 will seeh7200 this and you will sayh559, " aThe LORDh3068  1be magnifiedh1431 beyondh4480h5921 the  2borderh1366 of Israelh3478!"

Sin of the Priests

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" `A sonh1121  ahonorsh3513 his fatherh1, and a servanth5650 his masterh113. Then ifh518 I am a  bfatherh1, whereh346 is My honorh3519b? And ifh518 I am a masterh113, whereh346 is My  1respecth4172?' saysh559 the LORDh3068 of hostsh6635 to you, O  cpriestsh3548 who despiseh959 My nameh8034. But you sayh559, `Howh4100 have we despisedh959 Your nameh8034?'

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"You are presentingh5066  adefiledh1351  1 bfoodh3899 upon My altarh4196. But you sayh559, `Howh4100 have we defiledh1351 You?' In that you sayh559, `The  ctableh7979 of the LORDh3068 is to be despisedh959.'

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"But whenh3588 you presenth5066 the  ablindh5787 for sacrificeh2076, is it not evilh7451a? And whenh3588 you presenth5066 the lameh6455 and sickh2470a, is it not evilh7451a?  1Why not offerh7126 it to your  bgovernorh6346? Would he be pleasedh7521 with you? Orh176 would he receiveh5375h6440 you kindlyh6440?" saysh559 the LORDh3068 of hostsh6635.

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"But nowh6258  1will you not  aentreath2470b God'sh410 favorh6440, that He may be gracioush2603a to us?  2With suchh2088 an offering on your parth3027, will He  breceiveh5375h6440 anyh4480 of you kindlyh6440?" saysh559 the LORDh3068 of hostsh6635.

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"Ohh4310 that there were one among you who would  ashuth5462 the  1gatesh1817, that you might not uselesslyh2600 kindleh215 fire on My altarh4196! I am not pleasedh2656 with you," saysh559 the LORDh3068 of hostsh6635, " bnorh3808 will I accepth7521 an offeringh4503 from  2you.

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"For from the  arisingh4217 of the sunh8121 evenh5704 to its settingh3996,  bMy nameh8034 will be  cgreath1419 among the nationsh1471, and in everyh3605 placeh4725  dincenseh4729b is going to be offeredh5066h6999 to My nameh8034, and a grain offeringh4503 that is pureh2889; for My nameh8034 will be  egreath1419 among the nationsh1471," saysh559 the LORDh3068 of hostsh6635.

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"But you are  aprofaningh2490c it, in that you sayh559, `The tableh7979 of the Lordh136 is defiledh1351, and as for its fruith5204b, its foodh400 is to be despisedh959.'

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"You also sayh559, ` 1My, howh4100  atiresomeh8513 it is!' And you disdainfullyh5301 sniffh5301 at it," saysh559 the LORDh3068 of hostsh6635, "and you bringh935 what was takenh1497 by  brobberyh1497 and what is  clameh6455 or sickh2470a; so you bringh935 the offeringh4503! Should I  dreceiveh7521 that from your handh3027?" saysh559 the LORDh3068.

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"But cursedh779 be the  aswindlerh5230 who hash3426 a maleh2145 in his flockh5739 and vowsh5087 it, but sacrificesh2076 a  bblemishedh7843 animalh7843 to the Lordh136, for I am a greath1419  cKingh4428," saysh559 the LORDh3068 of hostsh6635, "and My nameh8034 is  1 dfearedh3372a among the  2nationsh1471."



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