Malachi
Malachi 1:10
10“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oh | מִ֤י | mî | Interrogative | H4310 who? |
| that one | גַם־ | ḡam- | Conjunction | H1571 also, moreover, yea |
| of you | בָּכֶם֙ | bā·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | |
| would shut | וְיִסְגֹּ֣ר | wə·yis·gōr | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H5462 shut, close |
| the temple doors | דְּלָתַ֔יִם | də·lā·ṯa·yim | Noun - fd | H1817 door |
| so that you would no | וְלֹֽא־ | wə·lō- | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| longer kindle | תָאִ֥ירוּ | ṯā·’î·rū | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H215 be or become light |
| useless | חִנָּ֑ם | ḥin·nām | Adverb | H2600 out of favour |
| fires on My altar | מִזְבְּחִ֖י | miz·bə·ḥî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H4196 altar |
| I take no | אֵֽין־ | ’ên- | Adverb | H369 nothing, nought |
| pleasure | חֵ֜פֶץ | ḥê·p̄eṣ | Noun - masculine singular | H2656 delight, pleasure |
| in you | בָּכֶ֗ם | bā·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | |
| says | אָמַר֙ | ’ā·mar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֣ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| of Hosts | צְבָא֔וֹת | ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ | Noun - common plural | H6635 army, war, warfare |
| and I will accept | אֶרְצֶ֥ה | ’er·ṣeh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H7521 be pleased with, accept favourably |
| no | לֹֽא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| offering | וּמִנְחָ֖ה | ū·min·ḥāh | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular | H4503 gift, tribute, offering |
| from your hands | מִיֶּדְכֶֽם׃ | mî·yeḏ·ḵem | Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine plural | H3027 hand |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
1 Peter 5:2 · Hosea 5:6 · Jeremiah 6:20 · Micah 3:11 · Amos 5:21–24 · Isaiah 1:11–15 · Jeremiah 14:12 · Jeremiah 8:10
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.