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Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? _Was_ not [Esau](/person/esau_1216) [Jacob’s](/person/israel_682) brother? saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324): yet I loved [Jacob](/person/israel_682),","osisRef":"Mal.1.2"},{"verseId":39001003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And I hated [Esau](/person/esau_1216), and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.","osisRef":"Mal.1.3"},{"verseId":39001004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"Whereas [[Edom](/person/esau_1216)](/place/edom_357) saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) of [hosts](/person/god_1324), They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath indignation for ever.","osisRef":"Mal.1.4"},{"verseId":39001005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The [LORD](/person/god_1324) will be magnified from the border of Israel.","osisRef":"Mal.1.5"},{"verseId":39001006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"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](/person/god_1324) of [hosts](/person/god_1324) unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?","osisRef":"Mal.1.6"},{"verseId":39001007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) _is_ contemptible.","osisRef":"Mal.1.7"},{"verseId":39001008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"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](/person/god_1324) of [hosts](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"Mal.1.8"},{"verseId":39001009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And now, I pray you, beseech [God](/person/god_1324) that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) of [hosts](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"Mal.1.9"},{"verseId":39001010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"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](/person/god_1324) of [hosts](/person/god_1324), neither will I accept an offering at your hand.","osisRef":"Mal.1.10"},{"verseId":39001012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) _is_ polluted; and the fruit thereof, _even_ his meat, _is_ contemptible.","osisRef":"Mal.1.12"},{"verseId":39001013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness _is_ _it_! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) of [hosts](/person/god_1324); 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](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"Mal.1.13"},{"verseId":39001014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"But cursed _be_ the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the [Lord](/person/god_1324) a corrupt thing: for I _am_ a great King, saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) of [hosts](/person/god_1324), and my name _is_ dreadful among the heathen.","osisRef":"Mal.1.14"}]},{"title":"Mal 2","chapterNum":2,"osisRef":"Mal.2","verses":[{"verseId":39002001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And now, O ye priests, this commandment _is_ for you.","osisRef":"Mal.2.1"},{"verseId":39002002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay _it_ to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) of [hosts](/person/god_1324), 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.","osisRef":"Mal.2.2"},{"verseId":39002003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"Mal.2.3"},{"verseId":39002004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with [Levi](/person/levi_1820), saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) of [hosts](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"Mal.2.4"},{"verseId":39002005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"Mal.2.5"},{"verseId":39002006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"Mal.2.6"},{"verseId":39002007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"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](/person/god_1324) of [hosts](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"Mal.2.7"},{"verseId":39002008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of [Levi](/person/levi_1820), saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) of [hosts](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"Mal.2.8"},{"verseId":39002009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"Mal.2.9"},{"verseId":39002010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"Have we not all one father? hath not one [God](/person/god_1324) created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?","osisRef":"Mal.2.10"},{"verseId":39002011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636); for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.","osisRef":"Mal.2.11"},{"verseId":39002012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"The [LORD](/person/god_1324) will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of [Jacob](/person/israel_682), and him that offereth an offering unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324) of [hosts](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"Mal.2.12"},{"verseId":39002013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth _it_ with good will at your hand.","osisRef":"Mal.2.13"},{"verseId":39002014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet _is_ she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.","osisRef":"Mal.2.14"},{"verseId":39002015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.","osisRef":"Mal.2.15"},{"verseId":39002016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"For the [LORD](/person/god_1324), the [God](/person/god_1324) of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for _one_ covereth violence with his garment, saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) of [hosts](/person/god_1324): therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.","osisRef":"Mal.2.16"},{"verseId":39002017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"Ye have wearied the [LORD](/person/god_1324) with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied _him_? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil _is_ good in the sight of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and he delighteth in them; or, Where _is_ the [God](/person/god_1324) of judgment?","osisRef":"Mal.2.17"}]},{"title":"Mal 3","chapterNum":3,"osisRef":"Mal.3","verses":[{"verseId":39003001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the [Lord](/person/jesus_905), whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) of hosts.","osisRef":"Mal.3.1"},{"verseId":39003002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he _is_ like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ sope:","osisRef":"Mal.3.2"},{"verseId":39003003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And he shall sit _as_ a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of [Levi](/person/levi_1820), and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324) an offering in righteousness.","osisRef":"Mal.3.3"},{"verseId":39003004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"Then shall the offering of Judah and [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) be pleasant unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324), as in the days of old, and as in former years.","osisRef":"Mal.3.4"},{"verseId":39003005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in _his_ wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger _from_ _his_ _right_, and fear not me, saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) of [hosts](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"Mal.3.5"},{"verseId":39003006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"For I _am_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324), I change not; therefore ye sons of [Jacob](/person/israel_682) are not consumed.","osisRef":"Mal.3.6"},{"verseId":39003007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept _them_. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) of [hosts](/person/god_1324). But ye said, Wherein shall we return?","osisRef":"Mal.3.7"},{"verseId":39003008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"Will a man rob [God](/person/god_1324)? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.","osisRef":"Mal.3.8"},{"verseId":39003009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"Ye _are_ cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, _even_ this whole nation.","osisRef":"Mal.3.9"},{"verseId":39003010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) of [hosts](/person/god_1324), if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that _there_ _shall_ not _be_ _room_ enough _to_ _receive_ _it_.","osisRef":"Mal.3.10"},{"verseId":39003011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) of [hosts](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"Mal.3.11"},{"verseId":39003012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) of [hosts](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"Mal.3.12"},{"verseId":39003013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"Your words have been stout against me, saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324). Yet ye say, What have we spoken _so_ _much_ against thee?","osisRef":"Mal.3.13"},{"verseId":39003014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"Ye have said, It _is_ vain to serve [God](/person/god_1324): and what profit _is_ _it_ that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the [LORD](/person/god_1324) of [hosts](/person/god_1324)?","osisRef":"Mal.3.14"},{"verseId":39003015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, _they_ _that_ tempt [God](/person/god_1324) are even delivered.","osisRef":"Mal.3.15"},{"verseId":39003016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"Then they that feared the [LORD](/person/god_1324) spake often one to another: and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hearkened, and heard _it_, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and that thought upon his name.","osisRef":"Mal.3.16"},{"verseId":39003017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And they shall be mine, saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) of [hosts](/person/god_1324), in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.","osisRef":"Mal.3.17"},{"verseId":39003018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth [God](/person/god_1324) and him that serveth him not.","osisRef":"Mal.3.18"}]},{"title":"Mal 4","chapterNum":4,"osisRef":"Mal.4","verses":[{"verseId":39004001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) of [hosts](/person/god_1324), that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.","osisRef":"Mal.4.1"},{"verseId":39004002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"But unto you that fear my name shall the [Sun](/person/jesus_905) of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.","osisRef":"Mal.4.2"},{"verseId":39004003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do _this_, saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) of [hosts](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"Mal.4.3"},{"verseId":39004004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"Remember ye the law of [Moses](/person/moses_2108) my servant, which I commanded unto him in [Horeb](/place/horeb_576) for all Israel, _with_ the statutes and judgments.","osisRef":"Mal.4.4"},{"verseId":39004005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"Behold, I will send you [Elijah](/person/elijah_1131) the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the [LORD](/person/god_1324):","osisRef":"Mal.4.5"},{"verseId":39004006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.","osisRef":"Mal.4.6"}]}]}]}},"pageContext":{"lookupName":"mal"}}}