MAL 1:seven Ye present polluted bread on mine altar; and ye say, whereby have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table in the LORD is contemptible.
14 you have got said, i‘it truly is vain to serve God. jWhat is the income of our keeping his cost or of walking as in mourning ahead of the Lord of hosts?
seventeen dYou have wearied the Lord with all your terms. xBut you say, “How have we wearied him?” eBy stating, “Absolutely everyone who does evil is nice inside the sight of your Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, file“Where would be the God of justice?”
Mal one:4 - If Edom says, “we've been shattered but We are going to rebuild the ruins,” the LORD of hosts claims, “They could Establish, but I'll tear down, and they'll be identified as ‘the wicked state,’ and ‘the those with whom the LORD is angry for good.’”
15 aDid he not make them a person, having a part of the Spirit within their union?six And what was the one God7 trying to find?eight bGodly offspring. So guard yourselves9 as part of your spirit, and Permit none of you be tfaithless for the spouse of the youth.
14 Cursed be the cheat who may have ua male in his flock, and vvows it, and but sacrifices to the Lord what's blemished. For wI am a fantastic King, says the Lord of hosts, and my name xwill be feared One of the nations.
10 aBring the total tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my residence. And thereby bput me for the examination, suggests the Lord of hosts, if I will likely not open up cthe Home windows of heaven for you and pour down for you personally a blessing till there is not any far more need to have.
Mal three:three - He will sit as being a refiner and purifier of silver, and He'll purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they'll deliver offerings in righteousness into the LORD.[fn]
And I'll established an indication between them. And from them I'll ship survivors for the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, into the coastlands distant, that have not heard my fame or viewed my glory. plus they shall declare my glory Amongst the nations. Cross References
17 dYou have wearied the Lord together with your phrases. xBut you say, “How have we wearied him?” eBy declaring, “Anyone who does evil is nice in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, file“in which may be the God of Faith Journey justice?”
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9And now entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With these a present from a hand, will he clearly show favor to any of you? suggests the Lord of hosts.
creator and Date The prophet Malachi (whose identify means "my messenger") most likely lived at the same time as Ezra and Nehemiah, around 460 b.c. concept Malachi's fellow Israelites had been guilty of corrupt worship and unethical actions. He known as the people to renewed covenant obedience. objective, Occasion, and history Malachi's ministry took place practically 100 a long time following the decree of Cyrus in 538 b.c., which finished the Babylonian captivity and permitted the Jews to return for their homeland and rebuild the temple (two Chron. 36:23). This was some eighty yrs immediately after Haggai and Zechariah encouraged the rebuilding with the temple. These two earlier prophets experienced claimed that the rebuilding from the temple would end in peace, prosperity, the conversion of folks from other nations, plus the return of God's possess superb existence (see Haggai two; Zech.
10 Have we not all rone Father? hasn't sone God produced us? Why then are we tfaithless to each other, profaning the covenant of our fathers?