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MALACHI
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- And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
- 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.
- And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil?
- And if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil?
- Offer it now unto thy governor;
- Will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the Lord of hosts.
- And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us:
- This hath been by your means:
- Will he regard your persons? saith the Lord of hosts.
- Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought?
- Neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought.
- I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts,
- Neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
- For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same
- My name shall be great among the Gentiles;
- And in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering:
- For my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
- But ye have profaned it, in that ye say,
- The table of the Lord is polluted;
- And the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.
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