{"id":1766,"date":"2015-01-10T13:47:07","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T13:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mal01\/"},"modified":"2020-03-09T19:27:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T23:27:03","slug":"mal01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mal01\/","title":{"rendered":"Malachi 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n<div class=\"mt\">Malachi <\/div> <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 1<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? <span class=\"add\">Was<\/span> not Esau Jacob\u2019s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span>A son honoureth <span class=\"add\">his<\/span> father, and a servant his master: if then I <span class=\"add\">be<\/span> a father, where <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> mine honour? and if I <span class=\"add\">be<\/span> a master, where <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> contemptible.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, <span class=\"add\">is it<\/span> not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, <span class=\"add\">is it<\/span> not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Who <span class=\"add\">is there<\/span> even among you that would shut the doors <span class=\"add\">for nought?<\/span> neither do ye kindle <span class=\"add\">fire<\/span> 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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name <span class=\"add\">shall be<\/span> great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense <span class=\"add\">shall be<\/span> offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name <span class=\"add\">shall be<\/span> great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> polluted; and the fruit thereof, <span class=\"add\">even<\/span> his meat, <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> contemptible.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness <span class=\"add\">is it!<\/span> and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought <span class=\"add\">that which was<\/span> torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But cursed <span class=\"add\">be<\/span> the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I <span class=\"add\">am<\/span> a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> dreadful among the heathen. <\/div><hr \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"chapters\">\r\n    <h3>Malachi Chapters<\/h3>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mal01\">1<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mal02\">2<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mal03\">3<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mal04\">4<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malachi 1 1\u00a0The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. 2\u00a0I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob\u2019s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, 3\u00a0And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. 4\u00a0Whereas 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. 5\u00a0And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel. 6\u00a0A 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? 7\u00a0Ye 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. 8\u00a0And 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. 9\u00a0And 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. 10\u00a0Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-1766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-malachi"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1766"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3992,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766\/revisions\/3992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}