Malachi 1:5-7

Easy-to-Read Version

⁵ You people saw these things, and you said, “The Lord is great, even outside of Israel!”

The People Don’t Respect God

⁶ The Lord All-Powerful said, “Children honor their fathers. Servants honor their masters. I am your Father, so why don’t you honor me? I am your master, so why don’t you respect me? You priests don’t respect my name.

“But you say, ‘What have we done that shows we don’t respect your name?’

⁷ “You bring unclean bread to my altar.

“But you ask, ‘What makes that bread unclean?’

“It is unclean because you show no respect for the altar of the Lord.