Malachi 1:12
But ye profane it, In that ye say, “The table of Jehovah is polluted, And what is offered thereon, even its food, is contemptible.”
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Ezekiel 36:21Therefore I will have regard to my holy name, which the house of Israel have polluted among the nations whither they are gone.
Amos 2:7They pant for the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, And pervert the cause of the afflicted. The son and the father go in to the same damsel, To dishonor my holy name.
Malachi 1:13Ye say also, “Behold, what weariness!” And ye snuff at it, Saith Jehovah of hosts; And ye bring that which is plundered, and lame, and sick, And present it for an offering; Shall I accept it at your hand? Saith Jehovah.
Romans 2:24For, as it is written, “the name of God is on your account blasphemed among the gentiles.”
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 →