2 I have loved you, says the Lord;but you say, "How have you loved us?"Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?says the Lord.I loved Jacob,
3 but I rejected Esau.I turned Esau’s mountains into desolation,his inheritance into a wilderness for jackals.
4 Edom may say, "We are beaten down, but we will rebuild the ruins";but the Lord of heavenly forces proclaims:They may build, but I will tear them down.They will call themselves a wicked territory,the people against whom the Lord rages forever.
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 forcesto 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?"When you say, "The table of the Lord can be despised."
8 If you bring a blind animal to sacrifice, isn’t that evil?If you bring a lame or sick one, isn’t that evil?Would you bring it to your governor?Would he be pleased with it or accept you?says the Lord of heavenly forces.