Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Malachi 1:8
"And when ye offer the blind for sacrifice, it is no evil! and when ye offer the lame and sick, it is no evil! Present it now to thy governor; will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith Jehovah of hosts."The sin evident in this passage is that, "They failed to give God the very best, attempting to offer to God that which was of no value to men."[25] Every spiritually minded person who ever lived instinctively accepted the principle that, to God one must give the very... read more
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Malachi 1:7
"Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar. And ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of Jehovah is contemptible.""Polluted bread upon mine altar ..." The word "bread" here is a reference to the bloody sacrifices of the Mosaic law, and not to "bread" as ordinarily used. "The offerings of Jehovah made by fire, the bread of their God" (Leviticus 21:6), and "My bread, the fat and the blood" (Ezekiel 44:7), as cited by Hailey, indicate clearly that the "table of Jehovah" is... read more