MALACHI 1:1-2:9
1:1 The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
1:2 I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? 
Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
1:3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the 
dragons of the wilderness.
1:4 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the 
desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will 
throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people 
against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.
1:5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from 
the border of Israel.
1:6 A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a 
father, where is mine honour? 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?
1:7 Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we 
polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.
1:8 And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer 
the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be 
pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.
1:9 And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this 
hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts.
1:10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither 
do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith 
the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
1:11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my 
name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be 
offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the 
heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
1:12 But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is 
polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.
1:13 Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, 
saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and 
the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith 
the LORD.
1:14 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, 
and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the 
LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
2:1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
2:2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto 
my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will 
curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it 
to heart.
2:3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the 
dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
2:4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my 
covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
2:5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the 
fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
2:6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: 
he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
2:7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law 
at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
2:8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the 
law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
2:9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, 
according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.