Malachi 1:12-14

International Children’s Bible

¹² “But you don’t honor me. You say about the Lord’s altar, ‘It is unclean. The food has no worth.’ ¹³ You say, ‘We are tired of doing this.’ And you sniff at it in disgust,” says the Lord of heaven’s armies.

“And you bring hurt, crippled and sick animals. You bring them as gifts. But I won’t accept them from you,” says the Lord. ¹⁴ “The cheat will be cursed. He has an animal in his flock. He promises to offer it. But then he offers me an animal that has something wrong with it. I am a great king,” says the Lord of heaven’s armies. “I am feared by all the nations.