12 But you are profaning it(A) when you say: “The Lord’s table is defiled, and its product, its food, is contemptible.” 13 You also say: “Look, what a nuisance!” “And you scorn(a) it,”(b)(B) says the Lord of Hosts. “You bring stolen,(c)(C) lame, or sick animals. You bring this as an offering! Am I to accept that from your hands?” asks the Lord.

Footnotes:

a. Malachi 1:13: Lit blow at
b. Malachi 1:13: Ancient Jewish tradition reads Me
c. Malachi 1:13: Or injured

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