Malachi 1:12

Easy To Read Version

“But you people show that you don’t respect my name. You say that the Lord’s table (altar) is unclean. {\cf2\super [8]}

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:14

But you did things that made the Lord’s enemies lose their respect for him! So your new baby son will die.”

Ezekiel 41:22

an altar {\cf2\super [383]} made from wood. It was 3 cubits {\cf2\super [384]} high and 2 cubits {\cf2\super [385]} long. Its corners, its base, and its sides were wood. The man said to me, “This is the table that is before the Lord.”

Ezekiel 44:16

“They will enter my holy place. They will come near my table to serve me. They will take care of the things I gave them.

Hosea 13:9

“Israel, I helped you. But you turned against me. So now I will destroy you!

Leviticus 18:21

“You must not give any of your children through {the fire} to Molech. [329] If you do this, you will show that you don’t respect the name of your God! I am the Lord.

Amos 2:7

They pushed those poor peoples’ faces into the ground and walked on them. They stopped listening to suffering people. Fathers and sons have sexual relations with the same woman. They have ruined my holy name.

Malachi 1:13

And you don’t like the food from that table. You smell the food and refuse to eat it. You say it is bad. \{But that is not true.\} Then you bring sick, crippled, and hurt animals to me. You try to give sick animals to me as sacrifices. But I will not accept those sick animals from you.

Malachi 2:8

\{The Lord said,\} “But you priests stopped following me! You used the teachings to make people do wrong. You ruined the Agreement with Levi!” The Lord All-Powerful said these things!

Romans 2:24

It is written in the Scriptures {\cf2\super [19]} : “The non-Jews say bad things about God because of you \{Jews\}.” {\cf2\super [20]}