Malachi 1:5-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 (A)Your own eyes will see it, and you will say,
“Great is the Lord, even beyond the territory of Israel.”
Offense in Sacrifice and Priestly Duty
6 (B)A son honors his father,
and a servant fears his master;
If, then, I am a father,
where is the honor due to me?
And if I am a master,
where is the fear due to me?
So says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests,
who disdain my name.
But you ask, “How have we disdained your name?”
7 By offering defiled food on my altar!
You ask, “How have we defiled it?”
By saying that the table of the Lord may be disdained!
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