10. “Oh that there were one amongst you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you,” says the Lord of Hosts, “neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
11. For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name is great amongst the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great amongst the nations,” says the Lord of Hosts.
12. “But you profane it, in that you say, ‘The Lord’s table is polluted, and its fruit, even its food, is contemptible.’
13. You say also, ‘Behold, what a weariness it is!’ and you have sniffed at it”, says the Lord of Hosts; “and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this at your hand?” says the Lord.
14. “But the deceiver is cursed, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord a defective thing; for I am a great King,” says the Lord of Hosts, “and my name is awesome amongst the nations.”