Malachi 1:12 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Malachi 1:6-14

The prophet is here, by a special commission, calling the priests to account, though they were themselves appointed judges, to call the people to an account. Let the rulers in the house of God know that there is one above them, who will reckon with them for their mal-administrations. Thus saith the Lord of hosts to you, O priests! Mal. 1:6. God will have a saying to unfaithful ministers; and it concerns those who speak from God to his people to hear and heed what he says to them, that they may... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 1:12

But ye have profaned it ,.... That is, the name of the Lord, which they are said to despise, Malachi 1:6 and pollute, Malachi 1:7 and is a reason why they and their offerings were rejected: and that they profaned the name of the Lord appears by this, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted : the same with "contemptible", Malachi 1:7 as Kimchi observes; See Gill on Malachi 1:7 , and the fruit thereof, even his meat is contemptible ; the word for fruit F15 ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 1:12

Ye have profaned it - Ye have desecrated God's worship; is it any wonder that God should cast you off, and follow you with his judgments? read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 1:12

Verse 12 This verse may be confined to the priests, or it may be extended to the whole people; for both views are appropriate. As to my own view, I doubt not but that the Prophet here reproves with additional severity the priests, and that at the same time he extends his reproof to the people in general. We saw in our yesterday’s lecture how religion had been polluted by the priests, and how impiously they had profaned the worship of God: but this was the general sin of the whole people, as we... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 1:6-14

§ 3. Israel had shown no gratitude for all these proofs of God's love, and the very priests had been the chief offenders by offering defective sacrifices, and profaning the temple worship. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 1:10-14

Wrong worship. "Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for naught?" etc. The subject of these words is wrong worship, and they suggest the following remarks. I. THAT WRONG WORSHIP IS WORSE THAN NO WORSHIP AT ALL . "Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for naught? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for naught. I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand." Keil gives a version... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 1:12

But ye have profaned it; ye profane God's Name. The prophet contrasts the negligence and profanity of the priests with the piety of the Gentile nations, which he foresees. The table of the Lord (see note on Malachi 1:7 ). The fruit thereof, even his meat. The food and meat of the altar are the victims offered thereon. By their conduct the priests made both altar and offerings contemptible. Septuagint, τὰ ἐπιτιθέμενα ἐξουδένωται βρώματα αὐτοῦ , "Its meats that are laid... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 1:12

And ye have profaned - o (are habitually profaning it), in that ye say It was the daily result of their daily lives and acts. “It is probable that the priests did not use such words, but that by their very deeds, they proclaimed this aloud: as in the, ‘The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.’ For in that he is seen to be a despiser, though he say it not in words, yet, by their very deeds and by the crookedness of their lives, they all but cry out, There is no God. For they who live as... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Malachi 1:12-13

Malachi 1:12-13. But ye O priests, and the people, by your example; have profaned it Namely, my great name. You have used it as a common thing, and as of no importance or consideration. In that ye say Namely, by your deportment; The table of the Lord is polluted Not a sacred thing, or a thing to be revered; and the fruit thereof, his meat, is contemptible Either the meat which fell to the priests’ share, or the portion which was laid upon the altar. They were neither pleased with... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Malachi 1:6-14

1:6-3:18 SINS OF THE PEOPLEDisgraceful sacrifices (1:6-14)Israel, as God’s people, should honour him as their father and reverence him as their master. Instead they insult him. They offer to God animals that are lame, sick and blind. They would never think of offering such animals to the governor, yet they offer them to God and expect him to be pleased with them (6-9). They would do better to close the temple doors and have no sacrifices at all than to offer worship like that. Even Gentiles... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Malachi 1:6-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 1:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 1:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 1:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 1:6-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 1:10-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 1:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 1:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Malachi 1:12-13

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Malachi 1:6-14

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