{"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/kjv/malachi/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T23:17:53.581Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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? <i>Was</i> not Esau Jacob's brother? saith 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 saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith 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 hath indignation for ever."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"A son honoureth <i>his</i> father, and a servant his master: if then I <i>be</i> a father, where <i>is</i> mine honour? and if I <i>be</i> a master, where <i>is</i> 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 <i>is</i> contemptible."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, <i>is it</i> not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, <i>is it</i> not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Who <i>is there</i> even among you that would shut the doors <i>for nought</i>? neither do ye kindle <i>fire</i> on mine altar for nought. 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 <i>shall be</i> great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense <i>shall be</i> offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name <i>shall be</i> great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD <i>is</i> polluted; and the fruit thereof, <i>even</i> his meat, <i>is</i> contemptible."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness <i>is it</i>! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought <i>that which was</i> torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"But cursed <i>be</i> the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I <i>am</i> a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name <i>is</i> dreadful among the heathen."}],"citation":{"inline":"Malachi 1 (KJV)","markdown":"[Malachi 1](https://primebible.com/kjv/malachi/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/malachi/1 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}