4 If Edom says, “We have been crushed,but we will rebuild the ruins,”Thus says the Lord of hosts:They indeed may build, but I will tear down,And they shall be called “territory of wickedness,”the people with whom the Lord is angry forever.
5 Your own eyes will see it, and you will say,“Great is the Lord, even beyond the territory of Israel.”
6 A son honors his father,and a servant fears his master;If, then, I am a father,where is the honor due to me?And if I am a master,where is the fear due to me?So says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests,who disdain my name.But you ask, “How have we disdained your name?”
7 By offering defiled food on my altar!You ask, “How have we defiled it?”By saying that the table of the Lord may be disdained!
8 When you offer a blind animal for sacrifice,is there no wrong in that?When you offer a lame or sick animal,is there no wrong in that?Present it to your governor!Will he be pleased with you—or show you favor?says the Lord of hosts.
9 So now implore God’s favor, that he may have mercy on us!You are the ones who have done this;Will he show favor to any of you?says the Lord of hosts.
10 Oh, that one of you would just shut the temple gatesto keep you from kindling fire on my altar in vain!I take no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts;and I will not accept any offering from your hands!