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Malachi 1:8 KJV
Malachi · chapter 1 · verse 8
And 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.Malachi 1:8 · King James Version
Malachi 1:8 in context
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.
10Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
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Key words (Strong's)
- sacrificezâbachto slaughter an animalH2076 →
- governorpechâha prefectH6346 →
- pleasedrâtsâhto be pleased withH7521 →
- acceptnâsâʼto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeH5375 →
- offernâgashto be or come nearH5066 →
- blindʻivvêrblindH5787 →
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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