17 Have you not brought this on yourself(A)
by abandoning the Lord your God
while He was leading you along the way?

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17 Have you not brought this on yourselves(A)
    by forsaking(B) the Lord your God
    when he led you in the way?

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19 Your own evil will discipline you;(A)
your own apostasies will reprimand you.
Think it over and see how evil and bitter(B) it is
for you to abandon the Lord your God
and to have no fear of Me.
This is the declaration
of the Lord God of Hosts.

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19 Your wickedness will punish you;
    your backsliding(A) will rebuke(B) you.
Consider then and realize
    how evil and bitter(C) it is for you
when you forsake(D) the Lord your God
    and have no awe(E) of me,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

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A Call to Repentance

Come, let us return to the Lord.(A)
For He has torn us,(B)
and He will heal us;(C)
He has wounded us,
and He will bind up our wounds.(D)
He will revive us after two days,(E)
and on the third day He will raise us up
so we can live in His presence.(F)

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Israel Unrepentant

“Come, let us return(A) to the Lord.
He has torn us to pieces(B)
    but he will heal us;(C)
he has injured us
    but he will bind up our wounds.(D)
After two days he will revive us;(E)
    on the third day(F) he will restore(G) us,
    that we may live in his presence.

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12 But you are profaning it(A) when you say: “The Lord’s table is defiled, and its product, its food, is contemptible.” 13 You also say: “Look, what a nuisance!” “And you scorn[a] it,”[b](B) says the Lord of Hosts. “You bring stolen,[c](C) lame, or sick animals. You bring this as an offering! Am I to accept that from your hands?” asks the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 1:13 Lit blow at
  2. Malachi 1:13 Ancient Jewish tradition reads Me
  3. Malachi 1:13 Or injured

12 “But you profane it by saying, ‘The Lord’s table(A) is defiled,’ and, ‘Its food(B) is contemptible.’ 13 And you say, ‘What a burden!’(C) and you sniff at it contemptuously,(D)” says the Lord Almighty.

“When you bring injured, lame or diseased animals and offer them as sacrifices,(E) should I accept them from your hands?”(F) says the Lord.

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