1. The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by the hand of Malachias.
2. I have loved you, saith the Lord: and you have said: Wherein hast Thou loved us? Was not Esau brother to Jacob, saith the Lord, and I have loved Jacob,
6. The son honoureth the father, and the servant his master: if then I be a father, where is my honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts.
2. I have loved you, saith the Lord: and you have said: Wherein hast Thou loved us? Was not Esau brother to Jacob, saith the Lord, and I have loved Jacob,
6. The son honoureth the father, and the servant his master: if then I be a father, where is my honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts.
7. To you, O priests, that despise my name, and have said: Wherein have we despised Thy name? You offer polluted bread upon my altar, and you say: Wherein have we polluted Thee? In that you say: The table of the Lord is contemptible.