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<center><big>'''Malachi</big><br/>Chapter 1'''</center>

<center><big>'''Malachi</big><br/>Chapter 1'''</center>

<center><small>''God's complaint of Israel's ingratitude.<br/>Irreligiousness and profaneness.<br/>397 B.C. (?)''<ref>after Bishop [[James Ussher]]</ref></small></center>

<center><small>''God's complaint of Israel's ingratitude.<br/>Irreligiousness and profaneness.<br/>397 B.C. (?)''<ref>after Bishop [[James Ussher]]</ref><br/><span style="color:#800000">''430 B.C. (?)''</span><ref>According to current historical and archaeological research.</ref></small></center>

'''1'''  The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.

'''1'''  The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.

'''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,

'''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,<ref>[[Romans, Chapter 9|Rom 9:13]]</ref>

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

'''3'''  And I hated Esau,<ref>[[Romans, Chapter 9|Rom 9:13]]</ref> and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

'''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.

'''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.

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

'''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?

'''6'''  A son honoureth ''his'' father,<ref>[[Matthew, Chapter 23|Matt 23:9]]</ref> 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'''  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.

'''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.

'''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.

'''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.

'''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.

'''11'''  For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name ''shall be'' great among the Gentiles;<ref>[[Acts, Chapter 10|Acts 10:45]]</ref><ref>[[Acts, Chapter 11|Acts 11:18]]</ref><ref>[[Acts, Chapter 14|Acts 14:27]]</ref><ref>[[Romans, Chapter 15|Rom 15:9]]</ref><ref>[[Ephesians, Chapter 3|Eph 3:6]]</ref> 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.<ref>[[Isaiah, Chapter 2|Isa 2:2]]</ref><ref>[[Matthew, Chapter 8|Matt 8:11]]</ref><ref>[[Luke, Chapter 13|Luke 13:29]]</ref><ref>[[Revelation, Chapter 5|Rev 5:9]]</ref><ref>[[Revelation, Chapter 7|Rev 7:9]]</ref><ref>[[Revelation, Chapter 14|Rev 14:6]]</ref>

'''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.

'''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.