{"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/erv/malachi/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T23:21:13.630Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","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, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Whereas Edom saith, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down: and men shall call them The border of wickedness, and The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD be magnified beyond the border of Israel."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar. And ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And when ye offer the blind for sacrifice, it is no evil! and when ye offer the lame and sick, it is no evil! Present it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And now, I pray you, entreat the favour of God, that he may be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he accept any of your persons? saith the LORD of hosts."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Oh that there were one among you that would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle fire on mine altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name is great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense is offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the Gentiles, saith the LORD of hosts."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"But ye profane it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Ye say also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye have brought that which was taken by violence, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye bring the offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing: for I am a great king, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is terrible among the Gentiles."}],"citation":{"inline":"Malachi 1 (ERV)","markdown":"[Malachi 1](https://primebible.com/erv/malachi/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/malachi/1 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}