Malachi 1:6-9

Breaking Covenant Through Blemished Sacrifices 6“A son honors his father, and a slave his master. If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect due me?” says the LORD Almighty. “It is you priests who show contempt for my name. “But you ask, ‘How have we shown contempt for your name?’

7“By offering defiled food on my altar. “But you ask, ‘How have we defiled you?’ “By saying that the LORD ’s table is contemptible.

8When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice lame or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you?” says the LORD Almighty.

9“Now plead with God to be gracious to us. With such offerings from your hands, will he accept you?”—says the LORD Almighty.