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Malachi 1 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:1 - This is the message[fn] that the LORD gave to Israel through the prophet Malachi.[fn]
The LORD’s Love for Israel

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:2 - “I have always loved you,” says the LORD.
But you retort, “Really? How have you loved us?”
And the LORD replies, “This is how I showed my love for you: I loved your ancestor Jacob,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:3 - but I rejected his brother, Esau, and devastated his hill country. I turned Esau’s inheritance into a desert for jackals.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:4 - Esau’s descendants in Edom may say, “We have been shattered, but we will rebuild the ruins.”
But the LORD of Heaven’s Armies replies, “They may try to rebuild, but I will demolish them again. Their country will be known as ‘The Land of Wickedness,’ and their people will be called ‘The People with Whom the LORD Is Forever Angry.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:5 - When you see the destruction for yourselves, you will say, ‘Truly, the LORD’s greatness reaches far beyond Israel’s borders!’”
Unworthy Sacrifices

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:6 - The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says to the priests: “A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. If I am your father and master, where are the honor and respect I deserve? You have shown contempt for my name!
“But you ask, ‘How have we ever shown contempt for your name?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:7 - “You have shown contempt by offering defiled sacrifices on my altar.
“Then you ask, ‘How have we defiled the sacrifices?[fn]’
“You defile them by saying the altar of the LORD deserves no respect.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:8 - When you give blind animals as sacrifices, isn’t that wrong? And isn’t it wrong to offer animals that are crippled and diseased? Try giving gifts like that to your governor, and see how pleased he is!” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:9 - “Go ahead, beg God to be merciful to you! But when you bring that kind of offering, why should he show you any favor at all?” asks the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:10 - “How I wish one of you would shut the Temple doors so that these worthless sacrifices could not be offered! I am not pleased with you,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, “and I will not accept your offerings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:11 - But my name is honored[fn] by people of other nations from morning till night. All around the world they offer[fn] sweet incense and pure offerings in honor of my name. For my name is great among the nations,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:12 - “But you dishonor my name with your actions. By bringing contemptible food, you are saying it’s all right to defile the Lord’s table.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:13 - You say, ‘It’s too hard to serve the LORD,’ and you turn up your noses at my commands,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. “Think of it! Animals that are stolen and crippled and sick are being presented as offerings! Should I accept from you such offerings as these?” asks the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:14 - “Cursed is the cheat who promises to give a fine ram from his flock but then sacrifices a defective one to the Lord. For I am a great king,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, “and my name is feared among the nations!
See the NLT Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NLT Footnotes
Hebrew An Oracle: The message.
Malachi means “my messenger.”
As in Greek version; Hebrew reads defiled you?
Or will be honored.
Or will offer.
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Malachi Chapter 1 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras