Malachi 2:1
The Sacrilege of the Priestly Message
2:1 “Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.
Malachi 3:15
3:15 So now we consider the arrogant to be happy; indeed, those who practice evil are successful.
In fact, those who challenge
God escape!’”
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 3:10
3:10 “Bring the entire tithe into the storehouse so that there may be food in my temple. Test me in this matter,” says the Lord who rules over all, “to see if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until there is no room for it all.
Malachi 1:8
1:8 For when you offer blind animals as a sacrifice, is that not wrong? And when you offer the lame and sick,
is that not wrong as well? Indeed, try offering them
to your governor! Will he be pleased with you
or show you favor?” asks the
Lord who rules over all.
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 2:2
2:2 If you do not listen and take seriously
the need to honor my name,” says the
Lord who rules over all, “I will send judgment
on you and turn your blessings into curses – indeed, I have already done so because you are not taking it to heart.