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Malachi 1 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:1 - The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by the hand of his messenger. Lay it, I pray you, to heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:2 - I have loved you, saith the Lord. And ye said, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the Lord: yet [fn] I loved Jacob,
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:3 - and hated Esau, and [fn]laid waste his borders, and made his heritage as dwellings of the wilderness?
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:4 - Because one will say, Idumea has been overthrown, but let us return and rebuild the desolate places; thus saith the Lord Almighty, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall be called The borders of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord has set himself for ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:5 - And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The Lord has been magnified [fn]upon the borders of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:6 - A son honours his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honour? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord Almighty. Ye the priests are they that despise my name: yet ye said, Wherein have we despised thy name?
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:7 - In that ye bring to mine altar polluted bread; and ye said, Wherein have ye polluted it? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted, and that which was set thereon ye have despised.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:8 - For if ye bring a blind victim for sacrifices, is it not evil? and if ye bring the lame or the sick, is it not evil? offer it now to thy ruler, and see if he will receive thee, if he will accept thy person, saith the Lord Almighty.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:9 - And now [fn]intreat the face of your God, and make supplication to him. These things have been done by your hands; shall I accept you? saith the Lord Almighty.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:10 - Because even among you the doors shall be shut, and one will not kindle the fire of mine altar for nothing, I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord Almighty, and I will not accept a sacrifice at your hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:11 - For from the rising of the sun even to the going down thereof my name has been glorified among the Gentiles; and in every place incense is offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the Gentiles, saith the Lord Almighty.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:12 - But ye profane it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted, and his meats set thereon are despised.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:13 - And ye said, These services are troublesome: therefore I have [fn]utterly rejected them with scorn, saith the Lord Almighty: and ye brought in torn victims, and lame, and sick: if then ye should bring an offering, shall I accept them at your hands? saith the Lord Almighty.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:14 - And cursed is the man who had the power, and possessed a male in his flock, and whose vow is upon him, and who sacrifices a corrupt thing to the Lord: for I am a great King, saith the Lord Almighty, and my name is glorious among the nations.
BES Footnotes
Rom. 9:13.
Lit. appointed them for desolation.
Gr. above.
Lit. propitiate.
Gr. puffed at them.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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