Thematic Bible
Malachi 1:1 (show verse)
A declaration: a message from the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
Malachi 1:2 (show verse)
"I've loved you," says the LORD. "But you ask, "How have you loved us?'
Malachi 1:3 (show verse)
"Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" declares the LORD, "yet I loved Jacob, hated Esau, turned his mountains into a wasteland, and gave his inheritance to desert jackals.
Malachi 1:4 (show verse)
Even though Edom may claim, "We were crushed, but we will return and rebuild the ruins,' this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "They may rebuild, but I'll demolish. People will call them, "The Wicked Land,' and, "The People With Whom the LORD is Forever Angry.'
No Themes for this verse.
Malachi 1:5 (show verse)
Your own eyes will see this, and you will say, "Great is the LORD even beyond the borders of Israel!'"
No Themes for this verse.
Malachi 1:6 (show verse)
"A son honors his father and a servant his master. So if I'm a father, where is my honor? And if I'm a master, where is my respect?" says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies to you priests who are despising my name. "But you ask, "How have we despised your name?'
Malachi 1:7 (show verse)
By presenting defiled food on my altar. And you ask, "How have we defiled you?' By saying, "The Table of the LORD is contemptible.'
Altar of burnt-offering » Nothing polluted or defective to be offered on
Offerings » Whose offering the lord will not accept
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Offer unworthy service to God
Presumption » Instances of » In reviling God
Tables » An article of furniture » Figurative » Of the altar
Offerings » Whose offering the lord will not accept
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Offer unworthy service to God
Presumption » Instances of » In reviling God
Tables » An article of furniture » Figurative » Of the altar
Malachi 1:8 (show verse)
When you bring blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? And when you sacrifice crippled or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Offer that to your governor would he be pleased with you or receive you favorably?" asks the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
Altar of burnt-offering » Nothing polluted or defective to be offered on
Blindness » Of animals » Sacrifice
Offerings » Whose offering the lord will not accept
Offerings » The jews often » Gave the worst they had as
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Offer unworthy service to God
Presents » When small or defective, refused
Sacrifices » Required to be perfect and without blemish
Blindness » Of animals » Sacrifice
Offerings » Whose offering the lord will not accept
Offerings » The jews often » Gave the worst they had as
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Offer unworthy service to God
Presents » When small or defective, refused
Sacrifices » Required to be perfect and without blemish
Malachi 1:9 (show verse)
"And now, go ahead and implore God by saying, "Be gracious to us.' Will he receive you favorably and accept offerings like that from your hand?" asks the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
Malachi 1:10 (show verse)
"Oh, that one of you would shut the Temple doors and not light useless fires on the altar! I'm not pleased with you," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "and I'll accept no offerings from you.
Malachi 1:11 (show verse)
Even so, from where the sun rises to where it sets my name will be great among the Gentiles. Incense will be brought to me everywhere, along with pure offerings, because my name will be great among the Gentiles," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
Malachi 1:12 (show verse)
"But you are profaning my name by saying that the Table of the LORD is defiled and that its fruit and its food are contemptible.
Malachi 1:13 (show verse)
"And you say, "What a burden!' and sniff contemptuously at it," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "when you present maimed, crippled, and diseased animals, and when you bring the offering. Should I accept this from your hand?" asks the LORD.
Malachi 1:14 (show verse)
"Cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock, and vows to give it, but sacrifices a mutilated one to the LORD. Indeed, I am a great king," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "and my name is feared among the Gentiles."
Deception » Deceivers
Dedication » Must be without blemish
Gentiles/heathen » What is dreadful among the heathen
Offerings » Required to be » The best of their kind
Sacrifices » Required to be perfect and without blemish
Sacrifices » The jews » Condemned for bringing defective and blemished
Vows » Of things corrupt or blemished an insult to God
Dedication » Must be without blemish
Gentiles/heathen » What is dreadful among the heathen
Offerings » Required to be » The best of their kind
Sacrifices » Required to be perfect and without blemish
Sacrifices » The jews » Condemned for bringing defective and blemished
Vows » Of things corrupt or blemished an insult to God