Malachi 1 (NET)

Malachi 1:1¹This is an oracle, the Lord ’s message to Israel through Malachi:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hab 1:1Isa 13:1Hag 1:1Hag 2:1Nah 1:1Zech 12:1Zech 9:1

Malachi 1:2²“I have shown love to you,” says the Lord, but you say, “How have you shown love to us?” “Esau was Jacob’s brother,” the Lord explains, “yet I chose JacobCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

Malachi 1:3³and rejected Esau. I turned Esau’s mountains into a deserted wasteland and gave his territory to the wild jackals.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

Malachi 1:4⁴Edom says, “Though we are devastated, we will once again build the ruined places.” So the Lord of Heaven’s Armies responds, “They indeed may build, but I will overthrow. They will be known as the land of evil, the people with whom the Lord is permanently displeased.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

Malachi 1:5⁵Your eyes will see it, and then you will say, ‘May the Lord be magnified even beyond the border of Israel!’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

Malachi 1:6⁶“A son naturally honors his father and a slave respects his master. If I am your father, where is my honor? If I am your master, where is my respect? The Lord of Heaven’s Armies asks you this, you priests who make light of my name! But you reply, ‘How have we made light of your name?’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

Malachi 1:7⁷You are offering improper sacrifices on my altar, yet you ask, ‘How have we offended you?’ By treating the table of the Lord as if it is of no importance.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

Malachi 1:8⁸For when you offer blind animals as a sacrifice, is that not wrong? And when you offer the lame and sick, is that not wrong as well? Indeed, try offering them to your governor! Will he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 15:21Lev 22:19-25Hos 8:13Jer 14:10Mal 1:13-14Ps 20:3Job 42:8Mal 1:10

Malachi 1:9⁹“But now plead for God’s favor that he might be gracious to us.” “With this kind of offering in your hands, how can he be pleased with you?” asks the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

Malachi 1:10¹⁰“I wish that one of you would close the temple doors, so that you no longer would light useless fires on my altar. I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “and I will no longer accept an offering from you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

Malachi 1:11¹¹For from the east to the west my name will be great among the nations. Incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name everywhere, for my name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

Malachi 1:12¹²“But you are profaning it by saying that the table of the Lord is common and its offerings despicable.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

Malachi 1:13¹³You also say, ‘How tiresome it is.’ You turn up your nose at it,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “and instead bring what is stolen, lame, or sick. You bring these things for an offering! Should I accept this from you?” asks the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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

Malachi 1:14¹⁴“There will be harsh condemnation for the hypocrite who has a valuable male animal in his flock but vows and sacrifices something inferior to the Lord. For I am a great king,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “and my name is awesome among the nations.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross 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