{"product_id":"2940148952640","title":"The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 44: Malachias","description":"THE PROPHECY OF MALACHIAS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMALACHIAS, whose name signifies The Angel of the Lord, was contemporary\u003cbr\u003ewith NEHEMIAS, and by some is believed to have been the same person as\u003cbr\u003eESDRAS. He was the last of the prophets, in the order of time, and\u003cbr\u003eflourished about four hundred years before Christ. He foretells the\u003cbr\u003ecoming of Christ; the reprobation of the Jews and their sacrifices; and\u003cbr\u003ethe calling of the Gentiles, who shall offer up to God in every place an\u003cbr\u003eacceptable sacrifice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMalachias Chapter 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGod reproaches the Jews with their ingratitude: and the priests for not\u003cbr\u003eoffering pure sacrifices. He will accept of the sacrifice that shall be\u003cbr\u003eoffered in every place among the Gentiles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:1. The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by the hand of\u003cbr\u003eMalachias.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:2. I have loved you, saith the Lord: and you have said: Wherein hast\u003cbr\u003ethou loved us? Was not Esau brother to Jacob, saith the Lord, and I have\u003cbr\u003eloved Jacob,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI have loved Jacob, etc... I have preferred his posterity, to make them\u003cbr\u003emy chosen people, and to lead them with my blessings, without any merit\u003cbr\u003eon their part, and though they have been always ungrateful; whilst I\u003cbr\u003ehave rejected Esau, and executed severe judgments upon his posterity.\u003cbr\u003eNot that God punished Esau, or his posterity, beyond their desert: but\u003cbr\u003ethat by his free election and grace he loved Jacob, and favoured his\u003cbr\u003eposterity above their deserts. See the annotations upon Rom. 9.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:3. But have hated Esau? and I have made his mountains a wilderness,\u003cbr\u003eand given his inheritance to the dragons of the desert.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:4. But if Edom shall say: We are destroyed, but we will return and\u003cbr\u003ebuild up what hath been destroyed: thus saith the Lord of hosts: They\u003cbr\u003eshall build up, and I will throw down: and they shall be called the\u003cbr\u003eborders of wickedness, and the people with whom the Lord is angry for\u003cbr\u003eever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:5. And your eyes shall see: and you shall say: The Lord be magnified\u003cbr\u003eupon the border of Israel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:6. The son honoureth the father, and the servant his master: if then I\u003cbr\u003ebe a father, where is my honour?  and if I be a master, where is my\u003cbr\u003efear: saith the Lord of hosts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:7. To you, O priests, that despise my name, and have said: Wherein\u003cbr\u003ehave we despised thy name? You offer polluted bread upon my altar, and\u003cbr\u003eyou say: Wherein have we polluted thee? In that you say: The table of\u003cbr\u003ethe Lord is contemptible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:8. If you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you\u003cbr\u003eoffer the lame and the sick, is it not evil? offer it to thy prince, if\u003cbr\u003ehe will be pleased with it, or if he will regard thy face, saith the\u003cbr\u003eLord of hosts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:9. And now beseech ye the face of God, that he may have mercy on you,\u003cbr\u003e(for by your hand hath this been done,) if by any means he will receive\u003cbr\u003eyour faces, saith the Lord of hosts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:10. Who is there among you, that will shut the doors, and will kindle\u003cbr\u003ethe fire on my altar gratis? I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord\u003cbr\u003eof hosts: and I will not receive a gift of your hand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:11. For from the rising of the sun even to the going down, my name is\u003cbr\u003egreat among the Gentiles, and in every place there is sacrifice, and\u003cbr\u003ethere is offered to my name a clean oblation: for my name is great among\u003cbr\u003ethe Gentiles, saith the Lord of hosts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA clean oblation... Viz., the precious body and blood of Christ in the\u003cbr\u003eeucharistic sacrifice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:12. And you have profaned it in that you say: The table of the Lord is\u003cbr\u003edefiled: and that which is laid thereupon is contemptible with the fire\u003cbr\u003ethat devoureth it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:13. And you have said: Behold of our labour, and you puffed it away,\u003cbr\u003esaith the Lord of hosts, and you brought in of rapine the lame, and the\u003cbr\u003esick, and brought in an offering: shall I accept it at your hands, saith\u003cbr\u003ethe Lord?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBehold of our labour, etc... You pretended labour and weariness, when\u003cbr\u003eyou brought your offering; and so made it of no value, by offering it\u003cbr\u003ewith an evil mind. Moreover, what you offered was both defective in\u003cbr\u003eitself, and gotten by rapine and extortion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:14. Cursed is the deceitful man that hath in his flock a male, and\u003cbr\u003emaking a vow offereth in sacrifice that which is feeble to the Lord: for\u003cbr\u003eI am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful\u003cbr\u003eamong the Gentiles.","brand":"Lost Leaf Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47084461654256,"sku":"2940148952640","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148952640_p0.jpg?v=1763710212","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148952640","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}