{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/malachi/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T08:51:21.159Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Malachi","bookSlug":"malachi","chapter":1,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":2,"totalChapters":4,"totalVerses":14},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"I have loved you, said the LORD. Yet you say, Wherein have you loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? said the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Whereas Edom said, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus said the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD has indignation for ever."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And your eyes shall see, and you shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"A son honors his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is my honor? and if I be a master, where is my fear? said the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, that despise my name. And you say, Wherein have we despised your name?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"You offer polluted bread on my altar; and you say, Wherein have we polluted you? In that you say, The table of the LORD is contemptible."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And if you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now to your governor; will he be pleased with you, or accept your person? said the LORD of hosts."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious to us: this has been by your means: will he regard your persons? said the LORD of hosts."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nothing? neither do you kindle fire on my altar for nothing. I have no pleasure in you, said the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, said the LORD of hosts."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"But you have profaned it, in that you say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"You said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and you have snuffed at it, said the LORD of hosts; and you brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus you brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? said the LORD."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"But cursed be the deceiver, which has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, said the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen."}],"citation":{"inline":"Malachi 1 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Malachi 1](https://primebible.com/akjv/malachi/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/malachi/1 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}