39:001:006 A son honoureth his father, and a servant
his master: if then
I
be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master,
where
is my fear? saith the lord of hosts unto you,
O priests,
that
despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised
thy
name?
39:001:007 Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar;
and ye say, Wherein
have
we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of
the lord
is
contemptible.
39:001:008 And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice,
is it not evil? and
if
ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it
now
unto
thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept
thy
person?
saith the lord of hosts.
39:001:009 And now, I pray you, beseech God that he
will be gracious unto
us:
this hath been by your means: will he regard your
persons?
saith
the lord of hosts.
39:001:010 Who is there even among you that would
shut the doors for
nought?
neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought.
I
have
no pleasure in you, saith the lord of hosts, neither
will
I
accept an offering at your hand.
39:001:011 For from the rising of the sun even unto
the going down of the
same
my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every
place
incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure
offering:
for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith
the
lord of hosts.
39:001:012 But ye have profaned it, in that ye say,
The table of the lord
is
polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is
contemptible.
39:001:013 Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness
is it! and ye have
snuffed
at it, saith the lord of hosts; and ye brought
that
which
was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought
an
offering:
should I accept this of your hand? saith the lord.
39:001:014 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath
in his flock a male,
and
voweth, and sacrificeth unto the lord a corrupt
thing: for
I
am a great King, saith the lord of hosts, and
my name is
dreadful
among the heathen.
39:002:001 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
39:002:002 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not
lay it to heart, to
give
glory unto my name, saith the lord of hosts, I
will even
send
a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings:
yea, I
have
cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
39:002:003 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread
dung upon your
faces,
even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall
take
you
away with it.


