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1 A revelation, the Lord’s#1:1 When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “Lord” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name. word to Israel by Malachi.
2“I have loved you,” says the LORD.
Yet you say, “How have you loved us?”
“Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” says the LORD, “Yet I loved Jacob; 3but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.” 4Whereas Edom says, “We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places,” the LORD of Armies says, “They shall build, but I will throw down; and men will call them ‘The Wicked Land,’ even the people against whom the LORD shows wrath forever.”
5 Your eyes will see, and you will say, “The LORD is great—even beyond the border of Israel!”
6“A son honours his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honour? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me?” says the LORD of Armies to you priests who despise my name. “You say, ‘How have we despised your name?’ 7You offer polluted bread on my altar. You say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ In that you say, ‘The Lord’s table is contemptible.’ 8When 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 the LORD of Armies.
9“Now, please entreat the favour of God,#1:9 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim). that he may be gracious to us. With this, will he accept any of you?” says the LORD of Armies.
10“Oh that there were one amongst you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Armies, “neither will I accept an offering at your hand. 11For from the rising of the sun even to its going down, my name is great amongst the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering; for my name is great amongst the nations,” says the LORD of Armies. 12“But you profane it when you say, ‘The Lord’s table is polluted, and its fruit, even its food, is contemptible.’ 13You say also, ‘Behold,#1:13 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection. what a weariness it is!’ And you have sniffed at it”, says the LORD 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 the LORD.
14“But the deceiver is cursed who has in his flock a male, and vows and sacrifices to the Lord#1:14 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” a defective thing; for I am a great King,” says the LORD of Armies, “and my name is awesome amongst the nations.”
Since the beginning of time, God communicates with us. For this, the Holy Bible is a very powerful vehicle, since it is the word of the Lord embodied in black on white. As you know, there are several versions of the Holy Scriptures, made in pursuit of a better understanding of the word of the Lord. In the version 'World English Bible British Edition ' we find that the chapter 1 of the Malachi is shown to us in the way that we can see below.
The book Malachi of the Bible has 4 chapters. And in the chapter 1 we can find 14 verses, in which God reveals his teachings to us and indicates to us through his immense wisdom, love and goodness, the way in which we should act and approach Him.
We have no doubt that reading the chapter 1 of the book Malachi of the version 'World English Bible British Edition ' of the Holy Bible it will be easy for you to understand how our beloved Father never leaves us alone, and that in the texts he left for us it is possible to find all the answers that need. Remember that you can always read the chapter 1 in one of the other versions of the Bible that we have for you, although it is a very interesting exercise that you have now chosen to read the chapter 1 of the version 'World English Bible British Edition ' of the Holy Bible.
Malachi 1:1