I.
The introductory word
1:1
Mal. 1
:1
1:1
The burden of the word of Jehovah to Israel through
1Malachi.
II.
Jehovah's love for Jacob
1:2-5
Mal. 1
:2
1:2
I have
aloved you, says Jehovah; but you say, How have You loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother, declares Jehovah? Yet I loved
bJacob;
Mal. 1
:3
1:3
But Esau I hated, and I made his mountains a
adesolation, and
gave his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness.
Mal. 1
:4
1:4
Though 1Edom says, We are beaten down, but we will return and build up the waste places; thus says Jehovah of hosts, They will build up, but I will throw down; and they will be called the territory of wickedness and the people with whom Jehovah is indignant forever.
Mal. 1
:5
1:5
And your eyes will see
it, and you yourselves will say, Jehovah is magnified
1over the territory of Israel.
III.
Jehovah's dealing with the sons of Levi
1:6—3:4
A.
The degradation of the priests
1:6-14
Mal. 1
:6
1:6
A son honors
his father, and a servant his lord. Therefore if I am a
aFather, where is My
bhonor? And if I am the
cLord, where is My
dfear? says Jehovah of hosts to you, O priests who despise My name. But you say, How have we despised Your name?
Mal. 1
:7
1:7
You offer defiled food upon My altar. And you say, How have we defiled You? In that you say, The
atable of Jehovah is despicable.
Mal. 1
:8
1:8
And when you offer what is blind as a sacrifice, is it not evil? And when you offer what is lame and sick, is it not evil? Present it, if you will, to your governor. Will he be pleased with you or accept your person? says Jehovah of hosts.
Mal. 1
:9
1:9
And now, if you will, entreat the favor of God, that He may be gracious to us. This is what is from your hand. Will He accept any of your persons? says Jehovah of hosts.
Mal. 1
:10
1:10
Oh, that there were even someone among you who would shut the doors so that you would not kindle
fire on My altar in vain! I have no delight in you, says Jehovah of hosts; and I am not pleased with the sacrifice from your hand.
Mal. 1
:11
1:11
For from the
arising of the sun even unto its setting My name will be great among the nations. And in every place incense will be offered to My name as well as a pure sacrifice, for My name will be great among the nations, says Jehovah of hosts.
Mal. 1
:12
1:12
But you profane it by saying, The
atable of the Lord is defiled, and the produce on it, its food, is despicable.
Mal. 1
:13
1:13
And you say, Ah, how tiresome it is! and sniff at it
in contempt, says Jehovah of hosts. Then you bring what has been stolen and what is lame and what is sick, and you offer
it as a sacrifice. Should I be pleased with what
comes from your hand? says Jehovah.
Mal. 1
:14
1:14
Rather, cursed be the deceiver who has in his flock a male, and when he makes a vow, he offers what is
ablemished to the Lord; for I am a great
bKing, says Jehovah of hosts, and My name is feared among the nations.
