Malachi 1:13

Ye 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.

In Context

12But 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

14But cursed be the nokhel (cheat, swindler, charlatan), 1 which hath in his flock a male, 1 and voweth, and sacrificeth unto Hashem the one being blemished; 1 for I am a Melech Gadol, 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os, 1 and My name is to be feared among the Goyim.

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Cross References

Leviticus 22:19That it may be accepted on your behalf, ye shall offer a zachar tamim (male without defect), of the cattle and of the sheep, or of the goats.

1 Samuel 2:29Why kick scornfully at My zevach and My minchah, which I have commanded in My ma'on (habitation, dwelling); + 2:29 See Yn 14:2 and honorest thy banim above Me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of kol minchat Yisroel, before Ami (My People).

Isaiah 43:22But thou hast not called upon Me, O Ya'akov; 1 but thou hast been weary of Me, O Yisroel. 1

Jeremiah 7:9Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear l'sheker (falsely), and burn ketoret unto Ba'al, and walk after elohim acherim whom ye know not;

Ezekiel 4:14Then said I, Not so Adonoi Hashem! Hinei, my nefesh hath not been made tuma'ah for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten nevelah or trefah; neither came there basar piggul into my mouth.

Amos 5:21I hate, I despise your chagim (religious festivals), 1 and I do not savor your atzerot (solemn assemblies). 1

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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