Malachi 1:11

1:11 For from the east to the west my name will be great among the nations. Incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name everywhere, for my name will be great among the nations,” ¹  says the Lord who rules over all.

Malachi 2:2

2:2 If you do not listen and take seriously ²  the need to honor my name,” says the Lord who rules over all, “I will send judgment ³  on you and turn your blessings into curses – indeed, I have already done so because you are not taking it to heart.

¹ sn My name will be great among the nations. In what is clearly a strongly ironic shift of thought, the Lord contrasts the unbelief and virtual paganism of the postexilic community with the conversion and obedience of the nations that will one day worship the God of Israel.

² tn Heb “and if you do not place upon [the] heart”; KJV, NAB, NRSV “lay it to heart.”

³ tn Heb “the curse” (so NASB, NRSV); NLT “a terrible curse.”