Malachi 2:13

The Scriptures 1998

And this you have done a second time: you cover the altar of יהוה  with tears, with weeping and crying, because He no longer regards the offering, nor receives it with pleasure from your hands.

Cross References

Jeremiah 14:12

“When they fast, I do not hear their cry. And when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I do not accept them. Instead, I am consuming them by sword, and by scarcity of food, and by pestilence.”

Jeremiah 6:20

“What need have I of frankincense from Sheḇ

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Then I looked again at all the oppression that is done under the sun: And see! The tears of the oppressed, but they have no comforter; and power on the side of their oppressors, but they have no comforter.

Proverbs 15:8

The slaughtering of the wrong ones Is an abomination to יהוה, But the prayer of the straight is His delight.

Deuteronomy 26:14

‘I have not eaten any of it when in mourning, nor have I removed any of it for any unclean use, nor given any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the voice of יהוה  my Elohim, I have done according to all that You have commanded me.

Deuteronomy 15:9

“Be on guard lest there be a thought of Beliyaʽ

Proverbs 21:27

The slaughtering of the wrong is an abomination; How much more when he brings it with wickedness!

Jeremiah 11:14

“And you, do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them, for I do not hear them in the time that they cry out to Me because of their evil.

Nehemiah 5:1

And there was a great outcry of the people and their wives against their brothers, the Yehuḏ

Malachi 1:10

“Who among you who would shut the doors, so that you would not kindle fire on My altar for naught? I have no pleasure in you,” said יהוה  of hosts, “Nor do I accept an offering from your hands.