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"If only there were one among you who would ^(C1)shut the ^(F1)gates, so that you would not kindle fire on My altar for nothing! I am not pleased with you," says the LORD of armies, "^(C2)nor will I accept an offering from your hand.

"For from the ^(C1)rising of the sun even to its setting, ^(C2)My name shall be ^(C3)great among the nations, and in every place ^(C4)frankincense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain offering that is pure; for My name shall be ^(C5)great among the nations," says the LORD of armies.

"But you are ^(C1)profaning it by your saying, 'The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is to be despised.'

"You also say, 'See, ^(F1)how ^(C1)tiresome it is!' And you view it as trivial," says the LORD of armies, "and you bring what was taken by ^(C2)robbery and what is ^(C3)lame or sick; so you bring the offering! Should I ^(C4)accept it from your hand?" says the LORD.

"But cursed be the ^(C1)swindler who has a male in his flock and vows it, but sacrifices a ^(C2)blemished animal to the Lord, for I am a great ^(C3)King," says the LORD of armies, "and My name is ^(F1)(C4)feared among the ^(F2)nations."