1 The oracle of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi. <h3>The Lord's Love for Israel</h3> 2 “I have loved you,” says the Lord. But you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau Jacob's brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob 3 but Esau I have hated. I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert.” 4 If Edom says, “We are shattered but we will rebuild the ruins,” the Lord of hosts says, “They may build, but I will tear down, and they will be called ‘the wicked country,’ and ‘the people with whom the Lord is angry forever.’” 5 Your own eyes shall see this, and you shall say, “Great is the Lord beyond the border of Israel!” <h3>The Priests' Polluted Offerings</h3> 6 “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. But you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’ 7 By offering polluted food upon my altar. But you say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ By saying that the Lord's table may be despised. 8 When you offer blind animals in sacrifice, is that not evil? And when you offer those that are lame or sick, is that not evil? Present that to your governor; will he accept you or show you favor? says the Lord of hosts. 9 And now entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With such a gift from your hand, will he show favor to any of you? says the Lord of hosts. 10 Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hand. 11 For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name will be great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts. 12 But you profane it when you say that the Lord's table is polluted, and its fruit, that is, its food may be despised. 13 But you say, ‘What a weariness this is,’ and you snort at it, says the Lord of hosts. You bring what has been taken by violence or is lame or sick, and this you bring as your offering! Shall I accept that from your hand? says the Lord. 14 Cursed be the cheat who has a male in his flock, and vows it, and yet sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished. For I am a great King, says the Lord of hosts, and my name will be feared among the nations.

The oracle of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.<ft>1</ft>

Malachi 1:1

Malachi 1:2

<cr>1</cr>“I have loved you,” says the Lord. <cr>2</cr>But you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau <cr>3</cr>Jacob's brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet <cr>4</cr>I have loved Jacob

but Esau I have hated. <cr>1</cr>I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert.”

Malachi 1:3

If Edom says, “We are shattered but we will rebuild the ruins,” the Lord of hosts says, “They may build, but I will tear down, and they will be called ‘the wicked country,’ and ‘the people with whom the Lord is angry forever.’”

Malachi 1:4

<cr>1</cr>Your own eyes shall see this, and you shall say, “Great is the Lord beyond the border of Israel!”

Malachi 1:5

Malachi 1:6

<cr>1</cr>“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am <cr>2</cr>a father, where is my honor? And if I am <cr>3</cr>a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. <cr>4</cr>But you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’

<cr>1</cr>By offering polluted food upon my altar. <cr>2</cr>But you say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ By saying that <cr>3</cr>the Lord's table may be despised.

Malachi 1:7

<cr>1</cr>When you offer blind animals in sacrifice, is that not evil? And when you offer those that are lame or sick, is that not evil? Present that to your governor; will he accept you or show you favor? says the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 1:8

And now <cr>1</cr>entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With such a gift from your hand, <cr>2</cr>will he show favor to any of you? says the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 1:9

<cr>1</cr>Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts, <cr>2</cr>and I will not accept an offering from your hand.

Malachi 1:10

For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name <cr>1</cr>will be<ft>1</ft> great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name <cr>2</cr>will be great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 1:11

But you profane it when you say that <cr>1</cr>the Lord's table is polluted, and its fruit, that is, its food may be despised.

Malachi 1:12

But you say, <cr>1</cr>‘What a weariness this is,’ and you snort at it, says the Lord of hosts. <cr>2</cr>You bring what has been taken by violence or is lame or sick, and this you bring as your offering! Shall I accept that from your hand? says the Lord.

Malachi 1:13

Cursed be the cheat who has <cr>1</cr>a male in his flock, and <cr>2</cr>vows it, and yet sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished. For <cr>3</cr>I am a great King, says the Lord of hosts, and my name <cr>4</cr>will be feared among the nations.

Malachi 1:14

 1 The oracle of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.  2  “I have loved you,” says the Lord.  But you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau  Jacob's brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet  I have loved Jacob 3 but Esau I have hated.  I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert.” 4 If Edom says, “We are shattered but we will rebuild the ruins,” the Lord of hosts says, “They may build, but I will tear down, and they will be called ‘the wicked country,’ and ‘the people with whom the Lord is angry forever.’” 5  Your own eyes shall see this, and you shall say, “Great is the Lord beyond the border of Israel!” 6  “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am  a father, where is my honor? And if I am  a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name.  But you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’ 7  By offering polluted food upon my altar.  But you say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ By saying that  the Lord's table may be despised. 8  When you offer blind animals in sacrifice, is that not evil? And when you offer those that are lame or sick, is that not evil? Present that to your governor; will he accept you or show you favor? says the Lord of hosts. 9 And now  entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With such a gift from your hand,  will he show favor to any of you? says the Lord of hosts. 10  Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts,  and I will not accept an offering from your hand. 11 For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name  will be  great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name  will be great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts. 12 But you profane it when you say that  the Lord's table is polluted, and its fruit, that is, its food may be despised. 13 But you say,  ‘What a weariness this is,’ and you snort at it, says the Lord of hosts.  You bring what has been taken by violence or is lame or sick, and this you bring as your offering! Shall I accept that from your hand? says the Lord. 14 Cursed be the cheat who has  a male in his flock, and  vows it, and yet sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished. For  I am a great King, says the Lord of hosts, and my name  will be feared among the nations.

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The ESV is derived from the 1971 text edition of the Revised Standard Version (RSV). ESV Translation Oversight Committee member Wayne Grudem claims that approximately eight percent (or about 60,000 words) of the 1971 RSV text being used for the ESV was revised as of first publication in 2001. Grudem states that the committee removed "every trace of liberal influence that had caused such criticism from evangelicals when the RSV was first published in 1952." Although, Grudem also states that much of the 1971 RSV text left unchanged by the committee "is simply 'the best of the best' of the KJV tradition."

With regard to gender language, the ESV Translation Oversight Committee state that "the goal of the ESV is to render literally what is in the original."[9] The committee expands on this position in claiming that, although the ESV avoids using gender-neutral language (for the purpose of preserving contextual meaning found in the original text), the translation does utilize gender-neutral language in specific cases. The committee further state that their objective was "transparency to the original text, allowing the reader to understand the original on its own terms rather than in the terms of our present-day Western culture."[9] The ESV Study Bible often details in its commentary why a complementarian interpretation of the original text may have been rendered in translation.

OT: Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (5th ed., 1997); additional sources in difficult cases
NT: UBS Greek New Testament (5th corrected ed.); Novum Testamentum Graece (28th ed., 2012)

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