Malachi 1:7
1:7 You are offering improper sacrifices on my altar, yet you ask, ‘How have we offended you?’ By treating the table
of the
Lord as if it is of no importance!
Malachi 1:9
1:9 But now plead for God’s favor
that he might be gracious to us.
“With this kind of offering in your hands, how can he be pleased with you?” asks the
Lord who rules over all.
Malachi 2:4
2:4 Then you will know that I sent this commandment to you so that my covenant
may continue to be with Levi,” says the
Lord who rules over all.
Malachi 2:7-8
2:7 For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge of sacred things, and people should seek instruction from him
because he is the messenger of the
Lord who rules over all.
2:8 You, however, have turned from the way. You have caused many to violate the law;
you have corrupted the covenant with Levi,”
says the
Lord who rules over all.
Malachi 2:11-13
2:11 Judah has become disloyal, and unspeakable sins have been committed in Israel and Jerusalem.
For Judah has profaned
the holy things that the
Lord loves and has turned to a foreign god!
2:12 May the
Lord cut off from the community
of Jacob every last person who does this,
as well as the person who presents improper offerings to the
Lord who rules over all!
2:13 You also do this: You cover the altar of the Lord with tears as you weep and groan, because he no longer pays any attention to the offering nor accepts it favorably from you.
Malachi 3:7
3:7 From the days of your ancestors you have ignored
my commandments
and have not kept them! Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the
Lord who rules over all. “But you say, ‘How should we return?’
Malachi 3:11
3:11 Then I will stop the plague
from ruining your crops,
and the vine will not lose its fruit before harvest,” says the
Lord who rules over all.
Malachi 3:14
3:14 You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God. How have we been helped
by keeping his requirements and going about like mourners before the
Lord who rules over all?
Malachi 4:3
4:3 You will trample on the wicked, for they will be like ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing,” says the
Lord who rules over all.
Malachi 4:5
4:5 Look, I will send you Elijah
the prophet before the great and terrible day of the
Lord arrives.