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Malachi · read by Brian Long
16 verses, in order. Only the verses Brian read aloud are shown.
Malachi 1
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This is the burden of the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi:Read from NKJV · Bringing Glory to Gods Name
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"A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?" says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. "But you ask, 'How have we despised Your name?'Read from NKJV · Spiritual Sacrifices That Are Acceptable to God
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When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?" asks the LORD of Hosts.Read from NKJV · Spiritual Sacrifices That Are Acceptable to God
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"Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you," says the LORD of Hosts, "and I will accept no offering from your hands.Read from NKJV · Spiritual Sacrifices That Are Acceptable to God
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For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations," says the LORD of Hosts.Read from NKJV · Spiritual Sacrifices That Are Acceptable to God
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"But you profane it when you say, 'The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.'Read from KJV · Bringing Glory to Gods Name
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You also say: 'Oh, what a nuisance!' And you turn up your nose at it," says the LORD of Hosts. "You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?" asks the LORD.Read from KJV · Bringing Glory to Gods Name
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"But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King," says the LORD of Hosts, "and My name is to be feared among the nations.Read from KJV · Bringing Glory to Gods Name
Malachi 2
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If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name," says the LORD of Hosts, "I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.Read from KJV · Bringing Glory to Gods Name
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Behold, I will rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it.Read from KJV · Bringing Glory to Gods Name
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Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue," says the LORD of Hosts.Read from KJV · Bringing Glory to Gods Name
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"My covenant with him was one of life and peace, which I gave to him; it called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name.Read from KJV · Bringing Glory to Gods Name
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True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.Read from KJV · Bringing Glory to Gods Name
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For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.Read from KJV · Bringing Glory to Gods Name
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But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi," says the LORD of Hosts.Read from KJV · Bringing Glory to Gods Name
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"So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law."Read from KJV · Bringing Glory to Gods Name