Malachi 1:13

Malachi 1:13

11 For ^afrom the rising of the sun, even to its going down,
My name shall be great ^bamong the Gentiles;
^cIn every place ^dincense shall be offered to My name,
And a pure offering;
^eFor My name shall be great among the nations,”
Says the Lord of hosts.

12 “But you profane it,
In that you say,
^a‘The table of the¹ Lord is defiled;
And its fruit, its food, is contemptible.’

13 You also say,
‘Oh, what a ^aweariness!’
And you sneer at it,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
“And you bring the stolen, the lame, and the sick;
Thus you bring an offering!
^bShould I accept this from your hand?”
Says the Lord.

14 “But cursed be ^athe deceiver
Who has in his flock a male,
And takes a vow,
But sacrifices to the Lord ^bwhat is blemished—
For ^cI am a great King,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“And My name is to be feared among the nations.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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what a weariness is it!—Ye regard God's service as irksome, and therefore try to get it over by presenting the most worthless offerings. Compare Micah 6:3, where God challenges His people to show wherein is the "weariness" or hardship of His service. Also Isaiah 43:22-24, wherein He shows that it is they who have "wearied" Him, not He who has wearied them.

snuffed at—despised.

it—the table of the Lord, and the meat on it (Malachi 1:12).

torn—namely, by beasts, which it was not lawful to eat, much less to offer (Exodus 22:31).

thus . . . offering—Hebrew, mincha; the unbloody offering of flour, etc. Though this may have been of ordinary ingredients, yet the sacrifices of blemished animals accompanying it rendered it unacceptable.

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