Malachi 1:5-7

Common English Bible

⁵ Your eyes will see it and you will say,
        “May the Lord be great beyond the borders of Israel.”

⁶ A son honors a father,
        and a servant honors his master.
But if I’m a father, where is my honor?
    Or if I’m a master, where is my respect?
says the Lord of heavenly forces
        to you priests who despise my name.
So you say, “How have we despised your name?”
⁷         By approaching my altar with polluted food.
But you say, “How have we polluted it^[a]?”
        When you say, “The table of the Lord can be despised.”