# Malachi 1 ## Malachi 1:1 - [KJV] The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. - [ASV] The burden of the word of Jehovah to Israel by Malachi. - [YLT] The burden of a word of Jehovah unto Israel by the hand of Malachi: ### Notes on Malachi 1:1 - ## Malachi 1:2 - [KJV] 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, - [ASV] I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother, saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob; - [YLT] I have loved you, said Jehovah, And ye have said, 'In what hast Thou loved us?' ### Notes on Malachi 1:2 - ## Malachi 1:3 - [KJV] And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. - [ASV] but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and *gave* his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Malachi 1:3 - ## Malachi 1:4 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] Whereas Edom saith, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places; thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and men shall call them The border of wickedness, and The people against whom Jehovah hath indignation for ever. - [YLT] 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.' ### Notes on Malachi 1:4 - ## Malachi 1:5 - [KJV] And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel. - [ASV] And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, Jehovah be magnified beyond the border of Israel. - [YLT] And your eyes do see, and ye say, 'Magnified is Jehovah beyond the border of Israel, ### Notes on Malachi 1:5 - ## Malachi 1:6 - [KJV] 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? - [ASV] A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? - [YLT] 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?' ### Notes on Malachi 1:6 - ## Malachi 1:7 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar. And ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of Jehovah is contemptible. - [YLT] 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,' ### Notes on Malachi 1:7 - ## Malachi 1:8 - [KJV] And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, *is it* not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, *is it* not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts. - [ASV] 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 Jehovah of hosts. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Malachi 1:8 - ## Malachi 1:9 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] And now, I pray you, entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he accept any of your persons? saith Jehovah of hosts. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Malachi 1:9 - ## Malachi 1:10 - [KJV] Who *is there* even among you that would shut the doors *for nought*? neither do ye kindle *fire* 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. - [ASV] 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 Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Malachi 1:10 - ## Malachi 1:11 - [KJV] For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name *shall be* great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense *shall be* offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name *shall be* great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. - [ASV] For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name *shall be* great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense *shall be* offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name *shall be* great among the Gentiles, saith Jehovah of hosts. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Malachi 1:11 - ## Malachi 1:12 - [KJV] But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD *is* polluted; and the fruit thereof, *even* his meat, *is* contemptible. - [ASV] But ye profane it, in that ye say, The table of Jehovah is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even its food, is contemptible. - [YLT] And ye are polluting it in your saying, 'The table of Jehovah -- it is polluted, As to its fruit -- despicable is its food.' ### Notes on Malachi 1:12 - ## Malachi 1:13 - [KJV] Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness *is it*! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought *that which was* torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD. - [ASV] Ye say also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith Jehovah 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 at your hand? saith Jehovah. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Malachi 1:13 - ## Malachi 1:14 - [KJV] But cursed *be* the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I *am* a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name *is* dreadful among the heathen. - [ASV] But cursed be the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King, saith Jehovah of hosts, and my name is terrible among the Gentiles. - [YLT] 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! ### Notes on Malachi 1:14 -