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The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
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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 ,
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And I hated Esau , and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness .
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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 .
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And your eyes shall see , and ye shall say , The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel .
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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 ?
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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.
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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.
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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 .
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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 .