Malachi 1:7-11 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 1:7

Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar ,.... Which some understand of the shewbread, mention being afterwards made of a "table", as Jerom; who observes that it was made of wheat, which the priests themselves sowed, reaped, ground, and baked, and so could take what they would out of it: as for their sowing it, it does not seem likely that they should be employed in such service, whatever may be said for their reaping; since the sheaf of the first fruits was reaped by persons deputed from the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 1:8

And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil ?.... Certainly it is, according to the law in Leviticus 22:22 or, as Kimchi interprets it, when they bring to you a lamb that is blind for sacrifice to offer it up, ye say, this is not evil; but it is good to offer it up, because the table is contemptible. The sense is, that, however evil this may be in itself, according to them it was good enough to be offered up upon the altar; which proves that they despised the name of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 1:9

And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us ,.... These are the words of the prophet to the priests; and are spoken either seriously, exhorting them to that part of their office which lay in interceding for the people that God would be gracious to them, and forgive their sins; and the rather, inasmuch as they had been the means of their sin, and accessary to it, who ought to have reproved them for bringing such offerings, and should have refused to offer them for them;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 1:10

Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought ?.... Either of the temple, as the Targum and Jarchi; for at each of the gates of the temple there were porters appointed in David's time, 1 Chronicles 26:1 and who were paid for their service: or of the court, as Kimchi; the court of the priests where the offerings were brought. The words "for nought" are not, in the original text, at the end of this clause, but at the end of the next; and are by some referred to both;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 1:11

For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same ,.... From east to west, which is all habitable; not so north and south, as Kimchi observes, the extremes of which are not habitable. Abarbinel thinks that מ in ממזרח is causal; and that the sense is, because of the motion of the sun in rising and setting, the Gentiles acknowledge God to be the first mover and cause of all things; and who, though they worship the host of heaven, yet ultimately direct their worship to the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 1:7

Ye offer polluted bread - The priests, probably to ingratiate themselves with the people, took the refuse beasts, etc., and offered them to God; and thus the sacrificial ordinances were rendered contemptible. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 1:8

Offer it now unto thy governor - פחת pechath , a word signifying a lieutenant, or viceroy, among the Chaldeans, Syrians, and Persians; for neither at this time, nor ever after, was there a king in Israel. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 1:9

Beseech God - There were evident marks of God's displeasure in the land, and it was occasioned by these pollutions through the priests. And now he exhorts them to pray to God that they may be pardoned: for, if this practice be persisted in, God will not accept any offering made by them. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 1:10

Who is - among you - From this we learn that there was not one sincere or honest priest among them. They were selfish and worldly; and so basely so, that not one of them would even kindle a fire on the hearth of the altar unless he were paid for it. read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 1:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 1:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 1:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 1:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 1:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 1:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 1:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 1:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 1:10

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