Clifton Park Community Church

The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi. Israel Beloved of God 2-I have loved you,- says the Lord. -Yet you say, 'In what way have You loved us--' Was not Esau Jacob's brother--- Says the Lord.-Yet Jacob I have loved- 3 But Esau I have hated,And laid waste his mountains and his heritage-For the jackals of the wilderness.- 4Even though Edom has said,-We have been impoverished,But we will return and build the desolate places,-Thus says the Lord of hosts--They may build, but I will throw down-They shall be called the Territory of Wickedness,And the people against whom the Lord will have indignation forever. 5Your eyes shall see, And you shall say,'The Lord is magnified beyond the border of Israel.' Polluted Offerings 6-A son honors his father, And a servant his master. If then I am the Father, Where is My honor-- And if I am a Master,Where is My reverence-- Says the Lord of hostsTo you priests who despise My name.Yet you say, 'In what way have we despised Your name--'7-You offer defiled food on M