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Malachi 1:10

“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.

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ASV

Oh that there were one among you that would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle fire on mine altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

KJV

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.

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מִ֤יmiwho?H4310 →
גַם־gam-alsoH1571 →
בָּכֶם֙ba.Khem[is] among you
וְיִסְגֹּ֣רve.yis.Gorso he may shutH5462 →
דְּלָתַ֔יִםde.la.Ta.yim[the] doorsH1817 →
וְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
תָאִ֥ירוּta.'I.ruyou will set light toH215 →
מִזְבְּחִ֖יmiz.be.Chialtar myH4196 →
חִנָּ֑םchi.Namin vainH2600 →
אֵֽין־'ein-notH369 →
לִ֨יli[belongs] to me
חֵ֜פֶץChe.fetzpleasureH2656 →
בָּכֶ֗םba.Khemin you
אָמַר֙'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
צְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635 →
וּמִנְחָ֖הu.min.Chahand an offeringH4503 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
אֶרְצֶ֥ה'er.TzehI will acceptH7521 →
מִיֶּדְכֶֽם׃mi.yed.Khemfrom hand yourH3027 →

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Genesis 4:7If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”Isaiah 1:11“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.Isaiah 1:13Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me— your New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations. I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.1 Peter 5:2Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;Amos 5:21–24“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.Jeremiah 6:20What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”Hosea 5:6They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.Micah 3:11Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”Job 1:9Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?Jeremiah 8:10Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.Jeremiah 14:12Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”Isaiah 1:11–15“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.Hebrews 10:6In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight.Isaiah 56:11Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:Philippians 4:17Not that I am seeking a gift, but I am looking for the fruit that may be credited to your account.Leviticus 10:19But Aaron replied to Moses, “Behold, this very day they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD. Since these things have happened to me, if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been acceptable in the sight of the LORD?”Hosea 4:8They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.

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About Malachi

Ezra Reads the Law to the People — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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