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Malachi 1:7 KJV
Malachi · chapter 1 · verse 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.Malachi 1:7 · King James Version
Malachi 1:7 in context
5And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel.
6A 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?
7Ye 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.
8And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.
9And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- pollutedgâʼalto soil or desecrateH1351 →
- offernâgashto be or come nearH5066 →
- breadlechemfood , especially bread, or grainH3899 →
- altarmizbêachan altarH4196 →
- tableshulchâna tableH7979 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-14