1:1 The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. 
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, In what hast thou loved us? {Was} not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, 
1:2 I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, How 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. 
1:3 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. 
1:4 Though 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. 
1:5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel. 

1:6 A son honoreth {his} father, and a servant his master: if then I {am} a father, where {is} my honor? and if I {am} a master, where {is} my fear? saith the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, In what have we despised thy name? 
1:6 A son honoureth {his} father, and a servant his master: if then I {am} a father, where {is} my honour? and if I {am} a master, where {is} my fear? saith the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, How have we despised thy name? 

1:7 Ye offer polluted bread upon my altar? and ye say, In what have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD {is} contemptible. 
1:7 Ye offer polluted bread upon my altar; and ye say, How 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 to thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts. 
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 to 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 to us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your person? saith the LORD of hosts. 
1:9 And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious to us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your person? 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 my altar for naught. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. 
1:10 Who {is there} even among you that would shut the doors {for nought}? neither do ye kindle {fire} on my 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 to the setting of the same, my name {shall be} great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense {shall be} offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name {shall be} great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. 
1:11 For from the rising of the sun even to the setting of the same my name {shall be} great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense {shall be} offered to 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 of it, {even} his provision, is contemptible. 
1:12 But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD {is} polluted; and the fruit of it, {even} his food, {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 from your hand? saith the LORD. 
1:13 Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness {is it}! and ye have sneered 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 from your hand? saith the LORD. 

1:14 But cursed {be} the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth to the LORD a corrupt thing: for I {am} a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name {is} dreadful among the heathen. 
1:14 But cursed {be} the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth to the Lord a corrupt thing: for I {am} a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name {is} terrible among the heathen.