Malachi 1
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The lack of thanks of Israel
Verse 2
WEB “I have loved you,” says Yahweh. Yet you say, “How have you loved us?” “Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” says Yahweh, “Yet I loved Jacob;
KJV I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
TSK I have: de 7:6-8, de 10:15, de 32:8-14, isa 41:8,9, isa 43:4, jer 31:3, ro 11:28,29; Wherein: mal 1:6,7, mal 2:17, mal 3:7,8,13,14, jer 2:5,31, lu 10:29; yet I: ge 25:23, ge 27:27-30,33, ge 28:3,4,13,14, ge 32:28-30, ge 48:4, ro 9:10-13
Verse 3
WEB but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.”
KJV And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
TSK hated: ge 29:30,31, de 21:15,16, lu 14:26; laid: isa 34:9-12, jer 49:16-18, eze 25:13,14, eze 36:3,4,7,9,14,15, joe 3:19, ob 1:10,18,19-21; the: isa 13:21,22, isa 34:13,14, isa 35:7, jer 9:11, jer 51:37
Verse 4
WEB Whereas Edom says, “We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places;” thus says Yahweh of Armies, “They shall build, but I will throw down; and men will call them ‘The Wicked Land,’ even the people against whom Yahweh shows wrath forever.”
KJV Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.
TSK but: isa 9:9,10, jas 4:13-16; They shall build: job 9:4, job 12:14, job 34:29, ps 127:1, pr 21:30, isa 10:4,15,16, la 3:37, mt 12:30; The border: jer 31:17, eze 11:10, am 6:2; The people: mal 1:3, ps 137:7, isa 11:14, isa 34:5,10, isa 63:1-6, la 4:21,22, eze 25:14, eze 35:9
Verse 5
WEB Your eyes will see, and you will say, “Yahweh is great—even beyond the border of Israel!”
KJV And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel.
TSK your: de 4:3, de 11:7, jos 24:7, 1sa 12:16, 2ch 29:8, lu 10:23,24; The Lord: ps 35:26,27, ps 58:10,11, ps 83:17,18, eze 38:16,23, eze 39:21,22
They are careless in God's institutions
Verse 6
WEB “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?’
KJV 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?
TSK son: ex 20:12, le 19:3, de 5:16, pr 30:11,17, mt 15:4,6, mt 19:19, mr 7:10, mr 10:19, lu 18:20, eph 6:2; a servant: 1ti 6:1,2, tit 2:9,10, 1pe 2:17-19; if then: ex 4:22,23, isa 1:2, isa 64:8, jer 31:9, mt 6:9,14,15, lu 6:36,46, 1pe 1:17; and if: mt 7:21, lu 6:46, joh 13:13-17; O priests: mal 2:8, 1sa 2:28-30, jer 5:30,31, jer 23:11, eze 22:26, ho 4:6, ho 5:1; And ye: mal 2:14-17, mal 3:7,8,13,14, jer 2:21,22, ho 12:8, lu 10:29
Verse 7
WEB You offer polluted bread on my altar. You say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ In that you say, ‘Yahweh’s table contemptible.’
KJV 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.
TSK polluted: le 2:11, de 15:21; The table: mal 1:12, 1sa 2:15-17, eze 41:22, 1co 10:21, 1co 11:21,22,27-32
Verse 8
WEB When you offer the blind for sacrifice, isn’t that evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, isn’t that evil? Present it now to your governor! Will he be pleased with you? Or will he accept your person?” says Yahweh of Armies.
KJV 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.
TSK if ye offer the blind: mal 1:14, le 22:19-25, de 15:21; or accept: mal 1:10,13, job 42:8, ps 20:3, jer 14:10, ho 8:13
Verse 9
WEB “Now, please entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With this, will he accept any of you?” says Yahweh of Armies.
KJV 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.
TSK beseech: 2ch 30:27, jer 27:18, joe 1:13,14, joe 2:17, zec 3:1-5, joh 9:31, heb 7:26,27; God: ex 32:11, jer 26:19, la 2:19; will he: ac 19:15,16, ro 2:11, 1pe 1:17
Verse 10
WEB “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 Yahweh of Armies, “neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
KJV 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.
TSK even: job 1:9-11, isa 56:11,12, jer 6:13, jer 8:10, mic 3:11, joh 10:12, php 2:21, 1pe 5:2; neither: 1co 9:13; I have: isa 1:11-15, jer 6:20, am 5:21-24, heb 10:38
Verse 11
WEB For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Armies.
KJV 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.
TSK from: ps 50:1, ps 113:3, isa 45:6, isa 59:19, zec 8:7; my name: mal 1:14, ps 22:27-31, ps 67:2, ps 72:11-17, ps 98:1-3, isa 11:9,10, isa 45:22,23, isa 49:6,7,22,23, isa 54:1-3,5, isa 60:1-11,16-22, isa 66:19,20, am 9:12, mic 5:4, zep 3:9, zec 8:20-23, mt 6:9,10, mt 28:19, ac 15:17,18, re 11:15, re 15:4; and in: isa 24:14-16, isa 42:10-12, zep 2:11, joh 4:21-23, ac 10:30-35, ro 15:9-11,16, 1ti 2:8, re 8:3; incense: ps 141:2, isa 60:6, lu 1:10, ro 12:1, php 4:18, heb 13:15,16, re 5:8, re 8:3,4; for: isa 66:19,20
Verse 12
WEB “But you profane it, in that you say, ‘Yahweh’s table is polluted, and its fruit, even its food, is contemptible.’
KJV 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.
TSK ye have: mal 1:6,8, mal 2:8, 2sa 12:14, eze 36:21-23, am 2:7, ro 2:24; The table: mal 1:7,13, nu 11:4-8, da 5:3,4
Verse 13
WEB You say also, ‘Behold, what a weariness it is!’ and you have sniffed at it,” says Yahweh of Armies; “and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this at your hand?” says Yahweh.
KJV Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.
TSK Behold: 1sa 2:29, isa 43:22, am 8:5, mic 6:3, mr 14:4,5,37,38; torn: mal 1:7,8, le 22:8,19-23, de 15:21, eze 4:14, eze 44:31; should I accept: mal 2:13, isa 1:12, isa 57:6, jer 7:9-11,21-24, am 5:21-23, zec 7:5,6, mt 6:1,2,5,16
Verse 14
WEB “But the deceiver is cursed, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and my name is awesome among the nations.”
KJV But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
TSK cursed: mal 3:9, ge 27:12, jos 7:11,12, jer 48:10, mt 24:51, lu 12:1,2,46, ac 5:1-10, re 21:8; which hath in his flock: ec 5:4,5, mr 12:41-44, mr 14:8, 2co 8:12; for: mal 1:8,11, de 28:58, ps 47:2, ps 48:2, ps 95:3, isa 57:15, jer 10:10, da 4:37, zec 14:9, mt 5:35, 1ti 6:15; my name: ps 68:35, ps 76:12, da 9:4, heb 12:29, re 15:4