Book 26 : NEVIIM - TREISAR - MALACHI - Chapter 001
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THE BURDEN of the word of HaShem to Israel by Malachi
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I have loved you, saith HaShem. Yet ye say: 'Wherein hast
Thou loved us?' Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith HaShem; yet I loved Jacob
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But Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and
gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness
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Whereas Edom saith: 'We are beaten down, but we will return
and build the waste places'; thus saith HaShem of hosts: They shall build, but I
will throw down; and they shall be called The border of wickedness, and The
people whom HaShem execrateth for ever
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And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say: 'The HaShem is
great beyond the border of Israel.
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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 HaShem of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise My name. And ye say:
'Wherein have we despised Thy name?
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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 HaShem is
contemptible.
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And when ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it no evil!
And when ye offer the lame and sick, is it no evil! Present it now unto thy
governor; will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith
HaShem of hosts
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And now, I pray you, entreat the favour of G-d that He may
be gracious unto us! --this hath been of your doing. --will He accept any of
your persons? saith HaShem of hosts
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Oh that there were even one among you that would shut the
doors, that ye might not kindle fire on Mine altar in vain! I have no pleasure
in you, saith HaShem of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand
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For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of
the same My name is great among the nations; and in every place offerings are
presented unto My name, even pure oblations; for My name is great among the
nations, saith HaShem of hosts
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But ye profane it, in that ye say: 'The table of HaShem is
polluted, and the fruit thereof, even the food thereof, is contemptible.
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Ye say also: 'Behold, what a weariness is it!' and ye have
snuffed at it, saith HaShem of hosts; and ye have brought that which was taken
by violence, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye bring the offering; should I
accept this of your hand? saith HaShem
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But cursed be he that dealeth craftily, whereas he hath in
his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the L-rd a blemished thing;
for I am a great King, saith HaShem of hosts, and My name is feared among the
nations
Book 26 : NEVIIM - TREISAR - MALACHI - Chapter 001
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