Malachi

Malachi 1 ©

1 God by Malachi complaineth of Israel's ingratitude, 6 and of the profane disrespect shown to God's worship. 14 The curse of corrupt offerings.

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

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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 aI loved Jacob,

a De. 7.7,8; 10.15. Je. 31.3. Ro. 9.13.
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And I hated Esau, and blaid his mountains and his heritage waste for the c*dragons of the wilderness.

b Is. 34.9-15; 63.1,3. Je. 49.10,17,18. Joel 3.19. Ob. 9,10,16,18. Eze. 25.13; 35.3-15.
c Ps. 44.19. Is. 13.22; 34.13,14. Je. 9.11; 51.37.
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Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, dbut 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, eThe people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.

d Is. 9.10. Ja. 4.13-16. Job 20.5.
e v.3. Is. 34.2,5. Eze. 25.14; 35.9.
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And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be fmagnified 2from the border of Israel.

f Ps. 35.26,27; 58.10,11; 83.18.
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gA son honoureth his father, and ha servant his master: if then iI be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, jwhere is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, kO priests, that despise my name. And lye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

g Ex. 20.12. Le. 19.2,32. Ep. 6.2.
h 1Ti. 6.1. Tit. 2.9,10.
i Ex. 4.22; 19.5,6. Lu. 1.46,47; 6.36.
j v.7-14. ch. 2; 3. Ne. 13.
k Ho. 5.1. Eze. 22.26. ch. 2.1.
l Ho. 12.8. v.7. ch. 2.14,17; 3.7,8,13,14.
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Ye 3offer mpolluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, nThe table of the LORD is contemptible.

m Le. 22.19-25; 21.6; 3.11,16. v.8,14.
n 1Co. 10.21.
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And if ye offer the blind 4for sacrifice, is it not evil? and oif 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.

o v.7,14. Le. 22.19-25. De. 15.21.
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And now, I pray you, pbeseech 5God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been 6by your means: qwill he regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts.

p Is. 1.11-15; 66.3. Pr. 15.8; 21.27; 28.9. Jn. 9.31. Ju. 10.14.
q Ro. 2.11. 1Pe. 1.17.
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rWho is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought ? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. sI have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

r 1Co. 9.13. Ho. 10.1. Zec. 7.5. Is. 58.3. Phi. 2.21; 3.18,19.
s He. 10.38. Is. 1.11. Je. 6.20. Am. 5.21.
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For tfrom the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and uin 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.

t Ps. 113.3. Is. 59.19; 60.3,5; 66.19,20. Ps. 72.8-11. Mi. 5.4. 1Ti. 2.8. Jn. 4.21,23. Ac. 10.34,35. Mar. 13.10. Is. 11.9,10; 24.14-16. Ps. 22.27-31. Re. 13.15; 8.3; 15.4. He. 13.15,16. Is. 45.6.
u Is. 2.2; 56.7. Zep. 2.11.
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vBut ye have profaned it, in that ye say, wThe table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his *meat, is contemptible.

v v.6-8,13. ch. 2.8.
w Je. 51.27. Da. 5.3,4.
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Ye said also, xBehold, what a weariness is it ! 7and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought ythat which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.

x Is. 58.3. Am. 8.5. Mar. 14.37. Jn. 12.5,6.
y v.7,8. Le. 22.19-25. De. 15.21.
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But cursed be the zdeceiver, 8which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord aa corrupt thing: for bI am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.

a Le. 22.25.
b Ps. 47.2. Ec. 5.2. De. 28.58; 4.24. Ps. 95-99; 9.16; 83.18. Is. 57.15.
z Je. 4.22. Hag. 1.2,4. Ac. 5.1-3. v.8.