Malachi 1:12

But ye have committed chillul Hashem (desecration of the Name), in that ye say: 1 The shulchan Adonoi is mego'al (defiled); 1 and the fruit, even the food thereof, is contemptible. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 shemesh even unto the going down of the same 1 My name shall be gadol among the Goyim; 1 and in every place incense shall be offered unto My name, 1 and a minchah tehorah; 1 for My name shall be gadol among the Goyim, 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os. 1

13Ye said also: Hinei, what a burden it is! 1 And ye have sniffed scornfully at it, 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os; 1 and ye brought that which was injured, 1 and the lame, and the diseased; 1 thus ye brought a minchah; 1 should I accept this of your hand? 1 saith Hashem. 1

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Cross References

Numbers 11:4And the rabble that was among them fell a-lusting; and the Bnei Yisroel also wept again, and said, If only we had basar to eat!

Ezekiel 36:21But I had concern for Shem Kodshi (Name of My Holiness, Holy Name), which Bais Yisroel had profaned among the Goyim, where they went.

Amos 2:7They who trample on the dust of the ground which is on the rosh of the poor, 1 and turn aside the derech of the anavim; 1 and an ish and his av will go in unto the same na'arah, 1 to commit chillul Hashem against My Shem kodesh; 1

Malachi 1:13Ye said also: Hinei, what a burden it is! 1 And ye have sniffed scornfully at it, 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os; 1 and ye brought that which was injured, 1 and the lame, and the diseased; 1 thus ye brought a minchah; 1 should I accept this of your hand? 1 saith Hashem. 1

Romans 2:24As it is written, Among the Goyim KOL HAYOM HASHEM HAELOHIM MINNO'ATZ + 2:24 Isa 52:5 (All the day long the Name of G-d is being blasphemed) because of you.

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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