Thematic Bible
Malachi 1:1 (show verse)
{An oracle}. The word of Yahweh to Israel {through} Malachi.
Malachi 1:2 (show verse)
"I have loved you," says Yahweh, but you say, "How have you loved us?" "[Is] Esau not Jacob's brother?" {declares} Yahweh. "I have loved Jacob,
Malachi 1:3 (show verse)
but Esau I have hated. I have made his mountain ranges a desolation, and [given] his inheritance to the jackals of [the] desert."
Malachi 1:4 (show verse)
If Edom says, "We are shattered, but we will return and rebuild [the] ruins," Yahweh of hosts says this: "They may build, but I will tear down; and they will be called a territory of wickedness, and the people [with] whom Yahweh is angry forever."
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Malachi 1:5 (show verse)
Your eyes will see [this], and you will say, "Yahweh is great beyond the borders of Israel."
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Malachi 1:6 (show verse)
"A son honors [his] father, and a slave his master; but if I [am] a father, where [is] my honor, and if I [am] a master, where [is] my reverence?" says Yahweh of hosts to you, O priests, {who despise} my name. "But you say, 'How have we despised your name?'
Malachi 1:7 (show verse)
[You are] presenting defiled food on my altar! But you ask, 'How have we defiled you?' By saying [that] the table of Yahweh is despised!
Altar of burnt-offering » Nothing polluted or defective to be offered on
Offerings » Whose offering the lord will not accept
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Offer unworthy service to God
Presumption » Instances of » In reviling God
Tables » An article of furniture » Figurative » Of the altar
Offerings » Whose offering the lord will not accept
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Offer unworthy service to God
Presumption » Instances of » In reviling God
Tables » An article of furniture » Figurative » Of the altar
Malachi 1:8 (show verse)
When you offer a blind [animal] for sacrifice, is that not wrong? And when you offer [the] lame and the one who is ill, is that not wrong? Present it, please, to your governor! Will he be pleased with you? {Will he show you favor}?" says Yahweh of hosts.
Altar of burnt-offering » Nothing polluted or defective to be offered on
Blindness » Of animals » Sacrifice
Offerings » Whose offering the lord will not accept
Offerings » The jews often » Gave the worst they had as
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Offer unworthy service to God
Presents » When small or defective, refused
Sacrifices » Required to be perfect and without blemish
Blindness » Of animals » Sacrifice
Offerings » Whose offering the lord will not accept
Offerings » The jews often » Gave the worst they had as
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Offer unworthy service to God
Presents » When small or defective, refused
Sacrifices » Required to be perfect and without blemish
Malachi 1:9 (show verse)
So then, {implore the favor of God} so that he will be gracious to us. "{This is what you have done}. {Will he show favor to any of you}?" says Yahweh of hosts.
Malachi 1:10 (show verse)
"Who also among you will shut [the temple] doors [so that] you will not kindle fire in vain [on] my altar? I take no pleasure in you," says Yahweh of hosts, "and {I will not accept} an offering from your hand.
Malachi 1:11 (show verse)
From the rising of the sun to its setting, my name [is] great among the nations, and in every place incense [is] being presented to my name, and a pure offering. For my name [is] great among the nations," says Yahweh of hosts.
Malachi 1:12 (show verse)
"But you [are] profaning it by saying the table of the Lord [is] defiled, and its fruit--its food--is despised!
Malachi 1:13 (show verse)
And you say, 'Look! [This is] a weariness,' and you sniff [with disdain] at it," says Yahweh of hosts. "And you bring [the] stolen, the lame, and the one that is sick--[this] you bring as the offering! Should I {accept it} from your hand?" says Yahweh.
Malachi 1:14 (show verse)
"Cursed is the one who cheats, who has in his flock a male and vows [it], but [instead] sacrifices a blemished one to the Lord! For I [am] a great king," says Yahweh of hosts, "and my name [is] awesome among the nations."
Deception » Deceivers
Dedication » Must be without blemish
Gentiles/heathen » What is dreadful among the heathen
Offerings » Required to be » The best of their kind
Sacrifices » Required to be perfect and without blemish
Sacrifices » The jews » Condemned for bringing defective and blemished
Vows » Of things corrupt or blemished an insult to God
Dedication » Must be without blemish
Gentiles/heathen » What is dreadful among the heathen
Offerings » Required to be » The best of their kind
Sacrifices » Required to be perfect and without blemish
Sacrifices » The jews » Condemned for bringing defective and blemished
Vows » Of things corrupt or blemished an insult to God