“And now ask for God’s favor. Will He be gracious to us?(A) Since this has come from your hands, will He show any of you favor?”(B) asks the Lord of Hosts. 10 “I wish one of you would shut the temple doors,(C) so you would no longer kindle a useless fire on My altar!(D) I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord of Hosts, “and I will accept(E) no offering from your hands.(F)

11 “For My name will be great among the nations,(G) from the rising of the sun to its setting. Incense[a] and pure offerings will be presented in My name in every place because My name will be great among the nations,”[b] says Yahweh of Hosts.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 1:11 Or Burnt offerings
  2. Malachi 1:11 Or is great . . . are presented . . . is great

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