Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
now . . . beseech God that he will be gracious—Ironical. Think you that God will be persuaded by such polluted gifts to be gracious to you? Far from it.
this hath been by your means—literally, "hand." These contemptible offerings are your doing, as being the priests mediating between God and the people; and think you, will God pay any regard to you (compare Malachi 1:8, Malachi 1:10)? "Accept thy person" ("face"), Malachi 1:8, answers to "regard your persons," in this verse.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Malachi 1:9:
Malachi 1:1
Malachi 3:3
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