Malachi 1:6
Context1:6 “A son naturally honors his father and a slave respects 1 his master. If I am your 2 father, where is my honor? If I am your master, where is my respect? The Lord who rules over all asks you this, you priests who make light of my name! But you reply, ‘How have we made light of your name?’
Malachi 1:11
Context1:11 For from the east to the west my name will be great among the nations. Incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name everywhere, for my name will be great among the nations,” 3 says the Lord who rules over all.
1 tn The verb “respects” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. It is understood by ellipsis (see “honors” in the preceding line).
2 tn The pronoun “your” is supplied in the translation for clarification (also a second time before “master” later in this verse).
3 sn My name will be great among the nations. In what is clearly a strongly ironic shift of thought, the