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Malachi · read by William MacDonald
14 verses, in order. Only the verses William 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 · Bristol Conference 1962 - Part 7
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"I have loved you," says the LORD. But you ask, "How have You loved us?" "Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" declares the LORD. "Yet Jacob I have loved,Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1962 - Part 7
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but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1962 - Part 7
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You will see this with your own eyes, and you yourselves will say, 'The LORD is great—even beyond the borders of Israel.'"Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1962 - Part 7
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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 KJV · God Wants the Best
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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 KJV · God Wants the Best
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"But ask now for God's favor. Will He be gracious? Since this has come from your hands, will He show you favor?" asks the LORD of Hosts.Read from KJV · God Wants the Best
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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 KJV · God Wants the Best
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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 KJV · Bristol Conference 1962 - Part 7
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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 · God Wants the Best
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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 · God Wants the Best
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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 · God Wants the Best
Malachi 3
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Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you," says the LORD of Hosts. "But you ask, 'How can we return?'Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1962 - Part 7
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So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.'"Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1962 - Part 7