Malachi 1:7-9

New Century Version

⁷ “You have shown it by bringing unclean food to my altar.

“But you ask, ‘What makes it unclean?’

“It is unclean because you don’t respect the altar of the Lord. ⁸ When you bring blind animals as sacrifices, that is wrong. When you bring crippled and sick animals, that is wrong. Try giving them to your governor. Would he be pleased with you? He wouldn’t accept you,” says the Lord All-Powerful.

⁹ “Now ask God to be kind to you, but he won’t accept you with such offerings,” says the Lord All-Powerful.