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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAL.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A prophecy: The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> to Israel through Malachi.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="fq">Malachi </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">my messenger.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel Doubts God&#8217;s Love</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAL.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAL.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have loved you,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAL.1.2"><span class="content">&#8220;But you ask, &#8216;How have you loved us?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAL.1.2"><span class="content">&#8220;Was not Esau Jacob&#8217;s brother?&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. &#8220;Yet I have loved Jacob, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAL.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">but Esau I have hated, and I have turned his hill country into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAL.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAL.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Edom may say, &#8220;Though we have been crushed, we will rebuild the ruins.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAL.1.4"><span class="content">But this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says: &#8220;They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Wicked Land, a people always under the wrath of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAL.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You will see it with your own eyes and say, &#8216;Great is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;even beyond the borders of Israel!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Breaking Covenant Through Blemished Sacrifices</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAL.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAL.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;A son honors his father, and a slave his master. If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect due me?&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAL.1.6"><span class="content">&#8220;It is you priests who show contempt for my name.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAL.1.6"><span class="content">&#8220;But you ask, &#8216;How have we shown contempt for your name?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAL.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAL.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;By offering defiled food on my altar.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAL.1.7"><span class="content">&#8220;But you ask, &#8216;How have we defiled you?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAL.1.7"><span class="content">&#8220;By saying that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s table is contemptible. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAL.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice lame or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you?&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAL.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAL.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now plead with God to be gracious to us. With such offerings from your hands, will he accept you?&#8221;&#8212;says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAL.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAL.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased with you,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, &#8220;and I will accept no offering from your hands. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAL.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">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 brought to me, because my name will be great among the nations,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAL.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAL.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;But you profane it by saying, &#8216;The Lord&#8217;s table is defiled,&#8217; and, &#8216;Its food is contemptible.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAL.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And you say, &#8216;What a burden!&#8217; and you sniff at it contemptuously,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAL.1.13"><span class="content">&#8220;When you bring injured, lame or diseased animals and offer them as sacrifices, should I accept them from your hands?&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAL.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is the cheat who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but then sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord. For I am a great king,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, &#8220;and my name is to be feared among the nations.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Additional Warning to the Priests</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAL.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;And now, you priests, this warning is for you. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAL.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">If you do not listen, and if you do not resolve to honor my name,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, &#8220;I will send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honor me.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAL.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAL.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Because of you I will rebuke your descendants</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will blight your grain</span></span></span><span class="content">; I will smear on your faces the dung from your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAL.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And you will know that I have sent you this warning so that my covenant with Levi may continue,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAL.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;My covenant was with him, a covenant of life and peace, and I gave them to him; this called for reverence and he revered me and stood in awe of my name. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAL.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">True instruction was in his mouth and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many from sin.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAL.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAL.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, because he is the messenger of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty and people seek instruction from his mouth. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAL.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But you have turned from the way and by your teaching have caused many to stumble; you have violated the covenant with Levi,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAL.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;So I have caused you to be despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not followed my ways but have shown partiality in matters of the law.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Breaking Covenant Through Divorce</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAL.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAL.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Do we not all have one Father</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">father</span></span></span><span class="content">? Did not one God create us? Why do we profane the covenant of our ancestors by being unfaithful to one another?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAL.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAL.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Judah has been unfaithful. A detestable thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated the sanctuary the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> loves by marrying women who worship a foreign god. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAL.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">As for the man who does this, whoever he may be, may the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> remove him from the tents of Jacob</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fv">12 </span><span class="fqa">May the <span class="nd">Lord</span> remove from the tents of Jacob anyone who gives testimony in behalf of the man who does this</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;even though he brings an offering to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAL.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAL.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Another thing you do: You flood the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s altar with tears. You weep and wail because he no longer looks with favor on your offerings or accepts them with pleasure from your hands. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAL.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">You ask, &#8220;Why?&#8221; It is because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAL.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAL.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:15 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for the first part of this verse is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAL.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAL.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;The man who hates and divorces his wife,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, &#8220;does violence to the one he should protect,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">&#8220;I hate divorce,&#8221; says the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, &#8220;because the man who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAL.2.16"><span class="content">So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Breaking Covenant Through Injustice</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAL.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAL.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">You have wearied the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with your words.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAL.2.17"><span class="content">&#8220;How have we wearied him?&#8221; you ask.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAL.2.17"><span class="content">By saying, &#8220;All who do evil are good in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and he is pleased with them&#8221; or &#8220;Where is the God of justice?&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">63</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 63</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 63:1-11 is numbered 63:2-12.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.63.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">You, God, are my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.63.1"><span class="content">earnestly I seek you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.63.1"><span class="content">I thirst for you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.63.1"><span class="content">my whole being longs for you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.63.1"><span class="content">in a dry and parched land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.63.1"><span class="content">where there is no water.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.63.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.63.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I have seen you in the sanctuary</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.63.2"><span class="content">and beheld your power and your glory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.63.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.63.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Because your love is better than life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.63.3"><span class="content">my lips will glorify you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.63.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.63.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I will praise you as long as I live,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.63.4"><span class="content">and in your name I will lift up my hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.63.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.63.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.63.5"><span class="content">with singing lips my mouth will praise you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.63.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.63.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">On my bed I remember you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.63.6"><span class="content">I think of you through the watches of the night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.63.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.63.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Because you are my help,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.63.7"><span class="content">I sing in the shadow of your wings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.63.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.63.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I cling to you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.63.8"><span class="content">your right hand upholds me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.63.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.63.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Those who want to kill me will be destroyed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.63.9"><span class="content">they will go down to the depths of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.63.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.63.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They will be given over to the sword</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.63.10"><span class="content">and become food for jackals.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.63.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.63.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But the king will rejoice in God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.63.11"><span class="content">all who swear by God will glory in him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.63.11"><span class="content">while the mouths of liars will be silenced.</span></span></div>
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