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MAL 1:1
Malachi 1:1
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The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel
by Malachi. |
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MAL 1:2
Malachi 1:2
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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
I loved Jacob, |
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MAL 1:3
Malachi 1:3
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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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MAL 1:4
Malachi 1:4
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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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MAL 1:5
Malachi 1:5
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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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MAL 1:6
Malachi 1:6
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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? |
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MAL 1:7
Malachi 1:7
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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. |
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MAL 1:8
Malachi 1:8
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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 unto
thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD
of hosts. |
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MAL 1:9
Malachi 1:9
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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. |
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MAL 1:10
Malachi 1:10
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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. |
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MAL 1:11
Malachi 1:11
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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. |
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MAL 1:12
Malachi 1:12
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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. |
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MAL 1:13
Malachi 1:13
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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 of your hand? saith the LORD. |
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MAL 1:14
Malachi 1:14
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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. |
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