Malachi 1:7-9

International Children’s Bible

⁷ “You have shown it by bringing unclean sacrifices to my altar.

“But you ask, ‘What makes them unclean?’

“They are unclean because you don’t show respect for my altar. ⁸ You bring blind animals as sacrifices, and that is wrong. You bring crippled and sick animals. That is wrong. Try giving them to your governor. Would he be pleased with you? He wouldn’t accept you,” says the Lord of heaven’s armies.

⁹ “Now ask God to be kind to you. But he won’t accept you with such offerings,” says the Lord of heaven’s armies.