{"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/ylt/malachi/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T09:48:59.132Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Malachi","bookSlug":"malachi","chapter":1,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":2,"totalChapters":4,"totalVerses":14},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The burden of a word of Jehovah unto Israel by the hand of Malachi:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"I have loved you, said Jehovah, And ye have said, 'In what hast Thou loved us?'"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Is not Esau Jacob's brother? — an affirmation of Jehovah, And I love Jacob, and Esau I have hated, And I make his mountains a desolation, And his inheritance for dragons of a wilderness."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Because Edom saith, 'We have been made poor, And we turn back and we build the wastes,' Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: They do build, and I do destroy, And men have called to them, 'O region of wickedness,' 'O people whom Jehovah defied to the age.'"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And your eyes do see, and ye say, 'Magnified is Jehovah beyond the border of Israel,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"A son honoureth a father, and a servant his master. And if I am a father, where is Mine honour? And if I am a master, where is My fear? Said Jehovah of Hosts to you, O priests, despising My name! And ye have said: 'In what have we despised Thy name?'"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Ye are bringing nigh on Mine altar polluted bread, And ye have said: 'In what have we polluted Thee?' In your saying: 'The table of Jehovah — it is despicable,'"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And when ye bring nigh the blind for sacrifice, 'There is no evil,' And when ye bring nigh the lame and sick, 'There is no evil;' Bring it near, I pray thee, to thy governor — Doth he accept thee? or doth he lift up thy face? Said Jehovah of Hosts."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And now, appease, I pray thee, the face of God, And He doth favour us; From your own hand hath this been, Doth He accept of you appearances? Said Jehovah of Hosts."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Who is even among you, And he shutteth the two-leaved doors? Yea, ye do not kindle Mine altar for nought, I have no pleasure in you, said Jehovah of Hosts, And a present I do not accept of your hand."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For, from the rising of the sun to its going in, Great is My name among nations, And in every place perfume is brought nigh to My name, and a pure present, For great is My name among nations, Said Jehovah of Hosts."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And ye are polluting it in your saying, 'The table of Jehovah — it is polluted, As to its fruit — despicable is its food.'"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And ye have said, 'Lo, what a weariness,' And ye have puffed at it, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have brought in plunder, And the lame and the sick, And ye have brought in the present! Do I accept it from your hand? said Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And cursed is a deceiver, who hath in his drove a male, And is vowing, and is sacrificing a marred thing to the Lord, For a great king am I, said Jehovah of Hosts, And My name is revered among nations!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Malachi 1 (YLT)","markdown":"[Malachi 1](https://primebible.com/ylt/malachi/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/malachi/1 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}