Malachi 1:12

But you⌃ profane it, in that you⌃ say, The table of the Lord is polluted, and his meats set thereon are despised.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.

In Context

11For from the rising of the sun even to the going down thereof my name has been glorified among the Gentiles; and in every place incense is offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the Gentiles, says the Lord Almighty.

13And you⌃ said, These services are troublesome: therefore I have + 1:13 Gr. puffed at them. utterly rejected them with scorn, says the Lord Almighty: and you⌃ brought in torn victims, and lame, and sick: if then you⌃ should bring an offering, shall I accept them at your hands? says the Lord Almighty.

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Cross References

Numbers 11:4And the mixed multitude among them lusted + 11:4 Gr. lusted a lust. exceedingly; and they and the children of Israel sat down and wept and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

Ezekiel 36:21But I spared them for the sake of my holy name, which the house of Israel profaned among the nations, among whom they went.

Amos 2:7wherewith to tread on the dust of the earth, and they have struck upon the heads of the poor, and have perverted the way of the lowly: and a son and his father have gone into the same maid, that they might profane the name of their God.

Malachi 1:13And you⌃ said, These services are troublesome: therefore I have + 1:13 Gr. puffed at them. utterly rejected them with scorn, says the Lord Almighty: and you⌃ brought in torn victims, and lame, and sick: if then you⌃ should bring an offering, shall I accept them at your hands? says the Lord Almighty.

Matthew Henry on Malachi 1:7-14

God's Remonstrance with the Priests; Judgment of Wicked Priests. ( b. c. 400.) 6 A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? 7 Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible. 8 And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice,… Read the whole commentary →

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