Malachi 1:5-7
English Standard Version
5 (A)Your own eyes shall see this, and you shall say, “Great is the Lord beyond the border of Israel!”
The Priests' Polluted Offerings
6 (B)“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am (C)a father, where is my honor? And if I am (D)a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. (E)But you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’ 7 (F)By offering polluted food upon my altar. (G)But you say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ By saying that (H)the Lord's table may be despised.
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Malachi 1:5-7
King James Version
5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The Lord will be magnified from the border of Israel.
6 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?
7 Ye 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.
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Malachi 1:5-7
New American Standard Bible
5 And your eyes will see this, and you will say, “(A)The Lord [a]be exalted beyond the [b]border of Israel!”
Sin of the Priests
6 “‘A son (B)honors his father, and a servant his master. Then if I am a (C)father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is My [c]respect?’ says the Lord of armies to you, the (D)priests who despise My name! But you say, ‘How have we despised Your name?’ 7 You are presenting (E)defiled [d](F)food upon My altar. But you say, ‘How have we defiled You?’ In that you say, ‘The (G)table of the Lord is to be despised.’
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- Malachi 1:5 Or will be great
- Malachi 1:5 Or territory
- Malachi 1:6 Lit fear
- Malachi 1:7 Lit bread
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