Malachi 1:6
A son honoureth father, and a servant his master: if then I a father, where mine honour? and if I a master, where my fear? says the Yahuah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised your name?
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4 Whereas Edom says, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus says the Yahuah of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Yahuah has indignation for ever.
5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The Yahuah will be magnified from the border of Israel.
6 A son honoureth father, and a servant his master: if then I a father, where mine honour? and if I a master, where my fear? says the Yahuah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised your name?
7 Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted you? In that ye say, The table of the Yahuah contemptible.
8 And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, not evil? offer it now unto your governor; will he be pleased with you, or accept your person? says the Yahuah of hosts.