Bible Verses

Who among you would shut my doors so you won’t come anymore, to light a fire at my altar in vain? I am not pleased with you, says the Lord of hosts, nor am I pleased with your offerings.

So now, pray to God that He may have mercy on us. But if things go badly for us because of your sin, are you the ones who should beg Him?

When you bring a blind animal as a sacrifice, or when you present one that is lame or sick, are you not doing wrong? Go, present these to the governor; will he be pleased and receive you well?” says the Lord of hosts.

You present defiled foods on my altar, yet you say: How did we defile you? You think that my table does not deserve respect.

Cultic Crimes The son honors his father; the servant respects his master. Now, if I am a father, where is the honor owed to me? If I am your master, where is your respect for me? This is what the Lord of hosts wants you to understand, priests, who look down on his name. But

You will see this with your own eyes, then you will exclaim: The power of the Lord goes beyond the borders of Israel.”

If Edom decides to rebuild its ruins, after being destroyed, the Lord of hosts says: They may rebuild, but I will demolish. You will call them: ‘Accursed country’ and ‘Nation with which the Lord is forever displeased.’

“Was Esau not Jacob’s brother? Yet I loved Jacob and hated Esau. See how I left his mountains desolate and abandoned his land to the jackals of the desert.

God’s Love and Election When the Lord says: “I love you,” you reply, “How do you show that love?” So the Lord asks you:

An oracle. These are the words that the Lord directed to Israel through Malachi.