1 The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.

<>The burden, <>Israel

2 I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,

<>Wherein hast thou loved us?, <>Jacob … Jacob

3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

<>vv. 3-4, <>I hated Esau, <>heritage

4 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.

<>vv. 3-4, <>thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down, <>The border of wickedness, <>border, <>The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever

5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel.

6 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 of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

<>A son honoureth his father, <>son, <>honoureth … a servant his master, <>a servant, <>I be a father, <>where is mine honour?, <>I be a master, <>where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts, <>priests, <>that despise my name, <>despise … despised

7 Ye 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.

<>mine altar, <>ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.

8 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 of hosts.

<>is it not evil? … is it not evil? … will he … accept thy person?

9 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.

<>beseech God that he will be gracious unto us, <>gracious, <>your, <>will he regard your persons?

10 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 of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

<>Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought., <>shut the doors, <>nought … nought, <>neither will I accept an offering at your hand

11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.

<>from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, <>the rising of the sun, <>the sun, <>my name shall be great among the Gentiles … in every place incense shall be offered unto my name … my name shall be great among the heathen, <>incense, <>a pure offering

12 But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.

<>meat

13 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 of your hand? saith the LORD.

<>weariness

14 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.

<>cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing, <>I am a great King, <>my name is dreadful among the heathen, <>my name is dreadful