1 A message. The word of Yahweh to Israel through Malachi.
2 'I have loved you, says Yahweh. But you ask, "How have you shown your love?" Was not Esau Jacob's brother? declares Yahweh; even so, I loved Jacob
3 but I hated Esau. I turned his mountains into a desert and his heritage into dwellings in the wastelands.
4 If Edom says, "We have been struck down but we shall rebuild our ruins," Yahweh Sabaoth says this, "Let them build, but I shall pull down! They will be known as Land of Wickedness and Nation-with-which-Yahweh-is-angry-for-ever.
5 You will see this yourselves and you will say: Yahweh is mighty beyond the borders of Israel."
6 'The son honours his father, the slave stands in awe of his master. But if I am indeed father, where is the honour due to me? And if I am indeed master, where is the awe due to me? says Yahweh Sabaoth to you priests who despise my name. You ask, "How have we despised your name?"
7 By putting polluted food on my altar. You ask, "How have we polluted you?" By saying, "The table of Yahweh deserves no respect."
8 When you bring blind animals for sacrifice, is this not wrong? When you bring the lame and the diseased, is this not wrong? If you offer them to your governor, see if he is pleased with them or receives you graciously, says Yahweh Sabaoth.
9 In that case, try pleading with God to take pity on us (that is what you have done), and will he take any notice? says Yahweh Sabaoth.
10 Why does one of you not close the doors and so stop the pointless lighting of fires on my altar? I am not pleased with you, says Yahweh Sabaoth; from your hands I find no offerings acceptable.
11 But from farthest east to farthest west my name is great among the nations, and everywhere incense and a pure gift are offered to my name, since my name is great among the nations, says Yahweh Sabaoth.
12 'But you have profaned it by saying, "The table of the Lord is polluted, hence the food offered on it deserves no respect."
13 You say, "How tiresome it all is!" and sniff disdainfully at me, says Yahweh Sabaoth. You bring a stolen, lame or diseased animal, you bring that as an offering! Am I to accept this from you? says Yahweh Sabaoth.
14 Cursed be the rogue who has a male in his flock but pays his vow by sacrificing a blemished animal to me! For I am a great king, says Yahweh Sabaoth, and among the nations my name inspires awe.'
Versículos relacionados com Malachi, 1:
Malachi 1 is a chapter that talks about the lack of reverence and proper worship that the people of Israel were offering God. The priests were bringing sick and crippled animals to be offered in sacrifice rather than healthy and perfect animals. God rebuked the people for this attitude and warned of the consequences of their disobedience. Here are five verses related to the topics addressed in Malachi 1:
Deuteronomy 15:21: "But if there is any defect in Him, like wearing or blind, or any serious defect, you will not sacrifice it to the Lord your God." This verse talks about the importance of bringing sacrifices without defect to God, which is an important theme in Malachi 1. He shows that this expectation was known and observed since the days of Moses.
Leviticus 22:21: "Anyone who offers a sacrifice of communion to the Lord must offer him from his own will and acceptably; it must be without defect, without spot or defect." This verse talks about the offer of accepted sacrifices to God and is relevant to the rebuke God made in Malachi 1 about the crippled animals that were being brought to the temple.
Isaiah 43:22-24: "But you did not invoke me, O Jacob; you did not give me work, O Israel. This did not bring me lambs to your burnt offering, nor honored me with your sacrifices. I did not make you serve with offers, I didn't even get tired with incense. " This verse shows the lack of proper worship that the people of Israel were offering God, which is a central theme in Malachi 1.
Jeremiah 33:18: "It will not even lack the levites man before me, to offer holocausts, and burn cereal offerings, and to make sacrifices every day." This verse talks about the importance of priests in offering God's appropriate sacrifices and is relevant to the message of Malachi 1 about priests who were offering inappropriate sacrifices.
Psalm 51:17: "God's sacrifices are the broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, thou shalt not despise." This verse talks about the importance of the broken and contrite heart in worship of God. It is relevant to the message of Malachi 1 about the importance of offering sacrifices that are truly acceptable to God, not just healthy animals, but the worshiper's heart as well.
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