1The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Hab 1:1Isa 13:1Hag 1:1Hag 2:1Nah 1:1Zech 12:1Zech 9:1
2I 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, Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 31:3Isa 41:8-9Deut 10:15Rom 9:10-13Deut 32:8-14Deut 4:37Deut 7:6-8Isa 43:4Mal 3:13-14Mal 3:7-8
3And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Joel 3:19Obad 1:10Ezek 35:3-4Jer 49:16-18Ezek 25:13-14Ezek 36:14-15Ezek 36:3-4Ezek 36:7Ezek 36:9Gen 29:30-31
4Whereas 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ezek 25:14Ezek 35:9Ezek 11:10Isa 10:15-16Isa 11:14Isa 34:5Isa 63:1-6Isa 9:9-10Jer 31:17Lam 3:37
5And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The Lord will be magnified from the border of Israel. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 11:7Luke 10:23-24Ezek 38:16Ps 35:26-27Ps 58:10-11Ps 83:17-181 Sam 12:162 Chr 29:8Deut 4:3Ezek 38:23
6A 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? Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 6:46Isa 1:2John 13:13-17Exod 20:121 Pet 2:17-191 Pet 1:17Hos 12:8Mal 3:13-14Isa 64:8Prov 30:17
7Ye 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Mal 1:121 Cor 10:211 Cor 11:27-32Mal 1:81 Sam 2:15-17Deut 15:21Ezek 41:22Lev 2:11Lev 21:61 Cor 11:21-22
8And 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 15:21Lev 22:19-25Hos 8:13Jer 14:10Mal 1:13-14Ps 20:3Job 42:8Mal 1:10
9And 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Pet 1:17John 9:31Exod 32:11Jer 27:182 Chr 30:27Heb 7:26-27Jer 26:19Rom 2:11Acts 19:15-16Joel 1:13-14
10Who 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Pet 5:2Amos 5:21-24Hos 5:6Jer 6:20Mic 3:11Isa 1:11-15Jer 14:12Jer 8:101 Cor 9:13Heb 10:38
11For 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Isa 45:6Isa 54:5Isa 66:19-20Matt 28:19Zech 8:7Heb 13:15-16Isa 24:14-16Ps 50:1Ps 72:11-17Isa 11:9-10
12But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Mal 1:6-82 Sam 12:14Amos 2:7Dan 5:3-4Ezek 36:21-23Mal 1:13Mal 2:8Num 11:4-8Rom 2:24
13Ye 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Mark 14:37-38Mic 6:3Lev 22:19-23Mal 1:7-81 Sam 2:29Amos 5:21-23Amos 8:5Ezek 4:14Ezek 44:31Isa 1:12
14But 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Acts 5:1-102 Cor 8:12Eccl 5:4-5Luke 12:46Mal 1:8Ps 76:12Jer 10:10Josh 7:11-12Lev 22:18-21Luke 12:1-2