Malachi 1:12-14 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 1:13

Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it ?.... These are either the words of the priests, saying what a wearisome and fatiguing business the temple service was to them, for which they thought they were poorly paid; such as slaying the sacrifices; removing the ashes from the altar; putting the wood in order; kindling the fire, and laying the sacrifice on it: or of the people that brought the sacrifice, who, when they brought a lamb upon their shoulders, and laid it down, said, how weary... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 1:14

But cursed be the deceiver ,.... A cunning, crafty, subtle man, who thinks and contrives, speaks and acts, in a very artful and deceiving manner; though some derive the word from יכל , "to be able"; and so the Septuagint and Arabic versions render it, "who is able"; to bring a proper offering, a perfect lamb, as it follows: which hath in his flock a male ; without spot and blemish, as the law requires: and voweth and sacrificeth to the Lord a corrupt thing ; that was a female, or... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 1:13

Ye have snuffed at it - A metaphor taken from cattle which do not like their fodder. They blow strongly through their nose upon it; and after this neither they nor any other cattle will eat it. Ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick - There had never been such abominations in the Divine worship before. What was of no worth in itself, and what could not be used by its owner, was brought to God's altar, and offered for sacrifice! Was not the punishment of these wretches... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 1:14

Cursed be the deceiver - Those who act thus, as they cannot elude God's notice, so neither shall they escape his curse. And voweth, and sacrificeth - a corrupt thing - The history of Ananias and Sapphira, Acts 5:1 , etc., is a complete comment on this. It was high time to break up this corrupt service; and after this time God does not appear to have paid any regard to it, for he sent them no other prophet. 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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 1:13

Verse 13 He pursues the same subject — that the worship of God was despised by them and regarded as almost worthless. We must bear in mind what I have before stated — that the Jews are not reprehended here as though they had openly and avowedly spoken reproachfully of God’s worship; but that this was sufficiently evident from their conduct; for they allowed themselves so much licentiousness, that it was quite manifest that they were trifling with God, inasmuch as they had cast off every fear of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 1:14

Verse 14 I come now to the kind of fraud they practiced, If there be, he says, in his flock a male, that is, a lamb or a ram, when he vows, then what is corrupt he offers to Jehovah. He then means, that though they pretended some religion, yet nothing was done by them with a sincere and honest heart; for they immediately repented of the vow made to God; they thought that they might be reduced to poverty, if they were too bountiful in their sacrifices. Hence then the Prophet proves that they... read more

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 1:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 1:14

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 1:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 1:14

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 1:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 1:14

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