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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><link rel="canonical" href="https://bibleapps.com/esv/malachi/1.htm"><title>Malachi 1 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../bible.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/malachi/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="112" scrolling="no" src="../top.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="54" scrolling="no" src="../../nav1/malachi/1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="54" scrolling="no" src="../../nav2/malachi/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../../menu.htm" width="100%" height="50" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../zechariah/14.htm" title="Zechariah 14">◄</a> Malachi 1 <a href="../malachi/2.htm" title="Malachi 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="100%" valign="top">English Standard Version</tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/malachi/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The oracle of the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> to Israel by Malachi.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Malachi means my messenger">a</a></sup></span></p> <p class="heading">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>’s Love for Israel</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/malachi/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“I have loved you,” says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. But you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. “Yet I have loved Jacob <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/malachi/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>but Esau I have hated. I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert.” <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/malachi/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>If Edom says, “We are shattered but we will rebuild the ruins,” the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts says, “They may build, but I will tear down, and they will be called ‘the wicked country,’ and ‘the people with whom the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is angry forever.’” <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/malachi/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Your own eyes shall see this, and you shall say, “Great is the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> beyond the border of Israel!”</p> <p class="heading">The Priests’ Polluted Offerings</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/malachi/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“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 <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. But you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/malachi/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>By offering polluted food upon my altar. But you say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ By saying that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>’s table may be despised. <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/malachi/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>When you offer blind animals in sacrifice, is that not evil? And when you offer those that are lame or sick, is that not evil? Present that to your governor; will he accept you or show you favor? says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts. <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/malachi/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And now entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With such a gift from your hand, will he show favor to any of you? says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts. <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/malachi/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/malachi/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or is (three times in verse 11; also verse 14)">b</a></sup></span> great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name will be great among the nations, says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts. <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/malachi/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But you profane it when you say that the Lord’s table is polluted, and its fruit, that is, its food may be despised. <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/malachi/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But you say, ‘What a weariness this is,’ and you snort at it, says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts. You bring what has been taken by violence or is lame or sick, and this you bring as your offering! Shall I accept that from your hand? says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/malachi/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Cursed be the cheat who has a male in his flock, and vows it, and yet sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished. For I am a great King, says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts, and my name will be feared among the nations.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <i class="catch-word">Malachi</i> means <i>my messenger</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> Or <i>is</i> (three times in verse 11; also verse 14)<br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. 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