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If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect due me?&#8221 says the LORD Almighty. &#8220It is you priests who show contempt for my name. &#8220But you ask, &#8216How have we shown contempt for your name?&#8217 <a href="/nlt/malachi/1.htm">New Living Translation</a> The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says to the priests: “A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. If I am your father and master, where are the honor and respect I deserve? You have shown contempt for my name! “But you ask, ‘How have we ever shown contempt for your name?’ <a href="/esv/malachi/1.htm">English Standard Version</a> “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. But you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’ <a href="/bsb/malachi/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’ <a href="/kjv/malachi/1.htm">King James Bible</a> 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? <a href="/nkjv/malachi/1.htm">New King James Version</a> “A son honors his father, And a servant his master. If then I am the Father, Where is My honor? And if I am a Master, Where is My reverence? Says the LORD of hosts To you priests who despise My name. Yet you say, ‘In what way have we despised Your name?’ <a href="/nasb_/malachi/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “‘A son honors his father, and a servant his master. Then if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is My respect?’ says the LORD of armies to you, the priests who despise My name! But you say, ‘How have we despised Your name?’ <a href="/nasb/malachi/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220&#8217A son honors his father, and a servant his master. Then if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is My respect?&#8217 says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests who despise My name. But you say, &#8216How have we despised Your name?&#8217 <a href="/nasb77/malachi/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “ ‘A son honors his father, and a servant his master. Then if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is My respect?’ says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests who despise My name. But you say, ‘How have we despised Thy name?’ <a href="/lsb/malachi/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “‘A son honors his father, and a slave his master. Then if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is the fear of Me?’ says Yahweh of hosts to you, O priests who despise My name. But you say, ‘How have we despised Your name?’ <a href="/amp/malachi/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “‘A son honors his father, and a servant his master. Then if I am a Father, where is My honor? And if I am a Master, where is the [reverent] fear and respect due Me?’ says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, who despise My name. But you say, ‘How and in what way have we despised Your name?’ <a href="/csb/malachi/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of me? says the LORD of Armies to you priests, who despise my name.” Yet you ask, “How have we despised your name? ” <a href="/hcsb/malachi/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me? says Yahweh of Hosts to you priests, who despise My name.&#8221 Yet you ask: &#8220How have we despised Your name?"&#8221 <a href="/asv/malachi/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? <a href="/cev/malachi/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I, the LORD All-Powerful, have something to say to you priests. Children respect their fathers, and servants respect their masters. I am your father and your master, so why don't you respect me? You priests have insulted me, and now you ask, "How did we insult you?" <a href="/erv/malachi/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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? <a href="/gwt/malachi/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "This is what the LORD of Armies says: A son honors his father, and a servant honors his master. So if I am a father, where is my honor? If I am a master, where is my respect? You priests despise my name. "But you ask, 'How have we despised your name?' <a href="/gnt/malachi/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> The LORD Almighty says to the priests, "Children honor their parents, and servants honor their masters. I am your father--why don't you honor me? I am your master--why don't you respect me? You despise me, and yet you ask, 'How have we despised you?' <a href="/isv/malachi/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> "A son honors his father and a servant his master. So if I'm a father, where is my honor? And if I'm a master, where is my respect?" says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies to you priests who are despising my name. "But you ask, 'How have we despised your name?' <a href="/msb/malachi/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> ?A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?? says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. ?But you ask, ?How have we despised Your name?? <a href="/net/malachi/1.htm">NET Bible</a> "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 who rules over all asks you this, you priests who make light of my name! But you reply, 'How have we made light of your name?' <a href="/nheb/malachi/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? says the LORD of hosts to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, 'How have we despised your name?' <a href="/wbt/malachi/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is my honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, In what have we despised thy name? <a href="/web/malachi/1.htm">World English Bible</a> “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me?” says Yahweh of Armies to you priests who despise my name. “You say, ‘How have we despised your name?’ <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/malachi/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> A son honors a father, and a servant his master. And if I [am] a father, where [is] My glory? And if I [am] a master, where [is] My fear? Said YHWH of Hosts to you, "" O priests, despising My Name! And you have said, In what have we despised Your Name? <a href="/ylt/malachi/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> A son honoureth a father, and a servant his master. And if I am a father, where is Mine honour? And if I am a master, where is My fear? Said Jehovah of Hosts to you, O priests, despising My name! And ye have said: 'In what have we despised Thy name?' <a href="/slt/malachi/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> A son will honor the father, and the servant his lord; and if I a father, where mine honor? and if I their lord, where my fear? said Jehovah of armies to you, O priests despising my name. And ye said, In what did we despise thy name?<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/malachi/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> The son honoureth the father, and the servant his master: if then I be a father, where is my honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts. <a href="/cpdv/malachi/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> The son honors the father, and the servant his master. If, therefore, I am Father, where is my honor? And if I am Master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. And you have said, “In what way, have we despised your name?” <a href="/nabre/malachi/1.htm">New American Bible</a> A son honors his father, and a servant fears his master; If, then, I am a father, where is the honor due to me? And if I am a master, where is the fear due to me? So says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, who disdain my name. But you ask, “How have we disdained your name?” <a href="/nrsvce/malachi/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> A son honors his father, and servants their master. If then I am a father, where is the honor due me? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. You say, “How have we despised your name?”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/malachi/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> A son honors his father, and a servant his master; if then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. And if you say, In what have we despised thy name? <a href="/hpbt/malachi/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> A son honors his father and a Servant his Master; if I am The Father where is it that you are honoring me? And if I am THE LORD, where is it that you are in awe of me, LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts says to you Priests who despise my name? And if you say, ”In what have we despised your name?”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/malachi/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> A son honoureth his father, And a servant his master; If then I be a father, Where is My 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?' <a href="/sep/malachi/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> A son honours his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honour? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord Almighty. Ye the priests are they that despise my name: yet ye said, Wherein have we despised thy name? <a href="/parallel/malachi/1-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/B6KyAs1WSHw?start=58" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/malachi/1.htm">The Polluted Offerings</a> 6<a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bên (N-ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">“A son</a> <a href="/hebrew/3513.htm" title="3513: yə·ḵab·bêḏ (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms) -- Or kabed; a primitive root; to be heavy, i.e. In a bad sense or in a good sense (in the same two senses).">honors</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’āḇ (N-ms) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">his father,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: wə·‘e·ḇeḏ (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">and a servant</a> <a href="/hebrew/113.htm" title="113: ’ă·ḏō·nāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Lord. Or adon; from an unused root; sovereign, i.e. Controller.">his master.</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: wə·’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">But if</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ā·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’āḇ (N-ms) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">am a father,</a> <a href="/hebrew/346.htm" title="346: ’ay·yêh (Interrog) -- Where?. Prolonged from 'ay; where?.">where</a> <a href="/hebrew/3519.htm" title="3519: ḵə·ḇō·w·ḏî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Rarely kabod; from kabad; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness.">is My honor?</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: wə·’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">And if</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ā·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/113.htm" title="113: ’ă·ḏō·w·nîm (N-mp) -- Lord. Or adon; from an unused root; sovereign, i.e. Controller.">am a master,</a> <a href="/hebrew/346.htm" title="346: ’ay·yêh (Interrog) -- Where?. Prolonged from 'ay; where?.">where</a> <a href="/hebrew/4172.htm" title="4172: mō·w·rā·’î (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A fear, terror. Or morat; or morah; from yare'; fear; by implication, a fearful thing or deed.">is your fear of Me?”</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ (N-cp) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">of Hosts</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">to you</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: hak·kō·hă·nîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">priests</a> <a href="/hebrew/959.htm" title="959: bō·w·zê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To despise. A primitive root; to disesteem.">who despise</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">My name.</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wa·’ă·mar·tem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">“But you ask,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: bam·meh (Prep-b:: Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">‘How</a> <a href="/hebrew/959.htm" title="959: ḇā·zî·nū (V-Qal-Perf-1cp) -- To despise. A primitive root; to disesteem.">have we despised</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·me·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">Your name?’</a> 7By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/20-12.htm">Exodus 20:12</a> Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. <a href="/deuteronomy/5-16.htm">Deuteronomy 5:16</a> Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. <a href="/proverbs/1-8.htm">Proverbs 1:8</a> Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother. <a href="/proverbs/3-9.htm">Proverbs 3:9</a> Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops; <a href="/isaiah/1-2.htm">Isaiah 1:2</a> Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me. <a href="/isaiah/43-23.htm">Isaiah 43:23-24</a> You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense. / You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities. <a href="/jeremiah/35-16.htm">Jeremiah 35:16</a> Yes, the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab carried out the command their forefather gave them, but these people have not listened to Me. <a href="/ezekiel/22-7.htm">Ezekiel 22:7</a> Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed. <a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">Hosea 4:6</a> My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children. <a href="/matthew/15-4.htm">Matthew 15:4-6</a> For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ / But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’ / he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. <a href="/matthew/21-37.htm">Matthew 21:37-39</a> Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said. / But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’ / So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. <a href="/luke/6-46.htm">Luke 6:46</a> Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but do not do what I say? <a href="/john/5-23.htm">John 5:23</a> so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. <a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21</a> For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. <a href="/romans/2-4.htm">Romans 2:4</a> Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>A son honors his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is my honor? and if I be a master, where is my fear? said the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, that despise my name. And you say, Wherein have we despised your name?son.<a href="/exodus/20-12.htm">Exodus 20:12</a> Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.<a href="/leviticus/19-3.htm">Leviticus 19:3</a> Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.<a href="/deuteronomy/5-16.htm">Deuteronomy 5:16</a> Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.a servant.<a href="/1_timothy/6-1.htm">1 Timothy 6:1,2</a> Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed… <a href="/titus/2-9.htm">Titus 2:9,10</a> Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; … <a href="/1_peter/2-17.htm">1 Peter 2:17-19</a> Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king… if then.<a href="/malachi/2-9.htm">Malachi 2:9</a> Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.<a href="/exodus/4-22.htm">Exodus 4:22,23</a> And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: … <a href="/isaiah/1-2.htm">Isaiah 1:2</a> Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.<a href="/isaiah/64-8.htm">Isaiah 64:8</a> But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.and if.<a href="/matthew/7-21.htm">Matthew 7:21</a> Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.<a href="/luke/6-46.htm">Luke 6:46</a> And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?<a href="/john/13-13.htm">John 13:13-17</a> Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am… O priests.<a href="/malachi/2-8.htm">Malachi 2:8</a> But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.<a href="/1_samuel/2-28.htm">1 Samuel 2:28-30</a> And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel? … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/malachi/1-4.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/micah/3-9.htm">Despise</a> <a href="/zechariah/4-10.htm">Despised</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-17.htm">Due</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-13.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/zechariah/12-7.htm">Honor</a> <a href="/daniel/2-48.htm">Honors</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-3.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/proverbs/14-31.htm">Honoureth</a> <a href="/malachi/1-4.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-4.htm">Master</a> <a href="/zechariah/7-5.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/daniel/11-37.htm">Respect</a> <a href="/zechariah/3-8.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/malachi/1-2.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/malachi/1-8.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/matthew/6-24.htm">Despise</a> <a href="/malachi/1-7.htm">Despised</a> <a href="/matthew/5-47.htm">Due</a> <a href="/malachi/2-5.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/malachi/2-2.htm">Honor</a> <a href="/matthew/15-8.htm">Honors</a> <a href="/malachi/2-5.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/matthew/15-8.htm">Honoureth</a> <a href="/malachi/1-8.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/malachi/2-12.htm">Master</a> <a href="/malachi/2-1.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/malachi/2-9.htm">Respect</a> <a href="/malachi/2-7.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/malachi/1-7.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">Malachi 1</div>1. <a href="/malachi/1-1.htm">Malachi complains of Israel's unkindness;</a> 2. <a href="/malachi/1-2.htm">of their irreverence and profaneness.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/malachi/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/malachi/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/malachi/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>A son honors his father, and a servant his master. This phrase establishes a principle of respect and honor that is expected in familial and societal relationships. In ancient Israel, the family unit was central, and honoring one's parents was a commandment (<a href="/exodus/20-12.htm">Exodus 20:12</a>). Similarly, servants were expected to respect their masters, reflecting the social hierarchies of the time. This principle is foundational in understanding the relationship between God and His people, where God is both Father and Master.But if I am a father, where is My honor? Here, God is addressing the Israelites, particularly the priests, questioning why they fail to show Him the honor due to Him as their Father. This reflects a covenant relationship where God is the Father of Israel (<a href="/deuteronomy/32-6.htm">Deuteronomy 32:6</a>). The lack of honor indicates a breach in this relationship, highlighting the people's spiritual apathy and neglect.And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me? The term "fear" in this context refers to reverence and awe, not terror. God, as Master, deserves respect and obedience, akin to a servant's duty to their master. The absence of fear signifies a lack of reverence and acknowledgment of God's authority, which is a recurring theme in the prophetic literature (<a href="/isaiah/1-3.htm">Isaiah 1:3</a>).says the LORD of Hosts This title emphasizes God's sovereignty and power. "LORD of Hosts" or "Yahweh Sabaoth" refers to God as the commander of heavenly armies, underscoring His supreme authority and ability to execute judgment. It serves as a reminder of His majesty and the seriousness of the charges against the priests.to you priests who despise My name. The priests, as spiritual leaders, were responsible for maintaining the sanctity of worship and the honor of God's name. Their failure to do so is a grave offense, as they were meant to be mediators between God and the people (<a href="/leviticus/10-3.htm">Leviticus 10:3</a>). Despising God's name implies treating it with contempt or irreverence, which is a violation of the Third Commandment (<a href="/exodus/20-7.htm">Exodus 20:7</a>).But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’ This rhetorical question reveals the priests' ignorance or denial of their wrongdoing. It suggests a disconnect between their actions and their understanding of God's expectations. This self-deception is a common theme in prophetic rebukes, where the people are often unaware of their spiritual failings (<a href="/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Jeremiah 2:35</a>). The question sets the stage for God to specify their transgressions in the verses that follow.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/malachi.htm">Malachi</a> The prophet through whom God delivers His message to the Israelites. His name means "my messenger" in Hebrew. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord_of_hosts.htm">The LORD of Hosts</a> A title for God emphasizing His sovereignty and command over the heavenly armies. 3. <a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a> The religious leaders in Israel responsible for temple worship and sacrifices, who are being directly addressed and rebuked by God in this passage. 4. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The nation chosen by God, to whom the message is directed, represented here by the priests. 5. <a href="/topical/t/temple_worship.htm">Temple Worship</a> The context in which the priests are failing to honor God, as they are responsible for maintaining the sanctity and reverence of worship practices.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/h/honor_and_reverence_for_god.htm">Honor and Reverence for God</a> God deserves honor and reverence as our Father and Master. Reflect on how you show respect and reverence in your daily life and worship. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_spiritual_leaders.htm">The Role of Spiritual Leaders</a> Spiritual leaders are held to a high standard of honoring God. Consider how you can support and pray for your leaders to maintain integrity and reverence. <a href="/topical/s/self-examination_of_worship.htm">Self-Examination of Worship</a> Evaluate your personal worship practices. Are they honoring to God, or have they become routine and insincere? <a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_sovereignty.htm">Understanding God's Sovereignty</a> Recognize God's authority as the LORD of Hosts. How does acknowledging His sovereignty impact your obedience and fear of Him? <a href="/topical/r/responding_to_god's_rebuke.htm">Responding to God's Rebuke</a> When God convicts us of sin, like the priests in Malachi, our response should be repentance and a renewed commitment to honor Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_malachi_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Malachi 1</a> <a href="/q/how_do_malachi_1_6-8_and_ot_laws_align.htm">How do Malachi 1:6–8’s denunciations of flawed sacrifices align with other Old Testament laws on offerings? </a> <a href="/q/malachi_on_israel's_faith_and_god's_promises.htm">How does Malachi address Israel's faithfulness and God's promises?</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_god_vs._satan.htm">What does the Bible say about God versus Satan?</a> <a href="/q/should_men_wear_hats_in_church.htm">Should men wear hats in church?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/malachi/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6-14) The prophet's rebuke for the dishonouring of God's name is addressed to the priests as the responsible persons, but applies to the whole nation.(6) A father.--God is distinctly called the Father of Israel in <a href="/deuteronomy/32-6.htm" title="Do you thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he your father that has bought you? has he not made you, and established you?">Deuteronomy 32:6</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/32-18.htm" title="Of the Rock that begat you you are unmindful, and have forgotten God that formed you.">Deuteronomy 32:18</a>. (Comp. <a href="/exodus/4-22.htm" title="And you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus said the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:">Exodus 4:22</a> : "My son, my firstborn, is Israel.")A master.--Comp. <a href="/isaiah/1-3.htm" title="The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel does not know, my people does not consider.">Isaiah 1:3</a>.Mine honour--i.e., the respect due to me. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/malachi/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 6-14. ? § 3. Israel had shown no gratitude for all these proofs of God's love, and the very priests had been the chief offenders by offering defective sacrifices, and profaning the temple worship. Verse 6. - A son honoureth his father. The prophet commences with a general principle which every one allows, and argues from that what was the attitude which they ought to assume towards God. A father. God was the Father of Israel by creation, election, preservation, watchful guardianship (see <a href="/exodus/4-22.htm">Exodus 4:22</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/32-6.htm">Deuteronomy 32:6</a>; <a href="/isaiah/63-16.htm">Isaiah 63:16</a>; <a href="/isaiah/64-8.htm">Isaiah 64:8</a>, etc.). My fear. The fear, respect, reverence, due to me. O priests. He addresses his reproof to the priests, as the representatives of the people, and bound to lead them to obedience and holiness, and to be a pattern to the flock. Wherein have we despised thy Name? The priests have grown so callous, and have so obscured true religion by Pharisaical externalism, that they profess to be utterly unconscious how they have shown contempt of God. The Name of God is God himself and all that has to do with him. <a href="/commentaries/malachi/1-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>“A son בֵּ֛ן (bên) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son honors יְכַבֵּ֥ד (yə·ḵab·bêḏ) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3513.htm">Strong's 3513: </a> To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome his father, אָ֖ב (’āḇ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father and a servant וְעֶ֣בֶד (wə·‘e·ḇeḏ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> Slave, servant his master. אֲדֹנָ֑יו (’ă·ḏō·nāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_113.htm">Strong's 113: </a> Sovereign, controller But if וְאִם־ (wə·’im-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not I אָ֣נִי (’ā·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> I am a father, אָ֣ב (’āḇ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father where אַיֵּ֣ה (’ay·yêh) Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_346.htm">Strong's 346: </a> Where? is My honor? כְבוֹדִ֡י (ḵə·ḇō·w·ḏî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3519.htm">Strong's 3519: </a> Weight, splendor, copiousness And if וְאִם־ (wə·’im-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not I אָנִי֩ (’ā·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> I am a master, אֲדוֹנִ֣ים (’ă·ḏō·w·nîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_113.htm">Strong's 113: </a> Sovereign, controller where אַיֵּ֨ה (’ay·yêh) Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_346.htm">Strong's 346: </a> Where? is your fear of Me?” מוֹרָאִ֜י (mō·w·rā·’î) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4172.htm">Strong's 4172: </a> Fear, a fearful thing, deed says אָמַ֣ר ׀ (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel of Hosts צְבָא֗וֹת (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ) Noun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign to you לָכֶם֙ (lā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> priests הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ (hak·kō·hă·nîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> Priest who despise בּוֹזֵ֣י (bō·w·zê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_959.htm">Strong's 959: </a> To disesteem My name. שְׁמִ֔י (šə·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> A name Yet you ask, וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם (wa·’ă·mar·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “How בַּמֶּ֥ה (bam·meh) Preposition-b | Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> What?, what!, indefinitely what have we despised בָזִ֖ינוּ (ḇā·zî·nū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_959.htm">Strong's 959: </a> To disesteem Your name?” שְׁמֶֽךָ׃ (šə·me·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> A name <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/malachi/1-6.htm">Malachi 1:6 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/malachi/1-6.htm">Malachi 1:6 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/malachi/1-6.htm">Malachi 1:6 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/malachi/1-6.htm">Malachi 1:6 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/malachi/1-6.htm">Malachi 1:6 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/malachi/1-6.htm">Malachi 1:6 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/malachi/1-6.htm">Malachi 1:6 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/malachi/1-6.htm">Malachi 1:6 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/malachi/1-6.htm">Malachi 1:6 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/malachi/1-6.htm">Malachi 1:6 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/malachi/1-6.htm">OT Prophets: Malachi 1:6 A son honors his father (Malachi Mal Ml) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/malachi/1-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Malachi 1:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Malachi 1:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/malachi/1-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Malachi 1:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Malachi 1:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>