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Malachi 1:9 KJV
Malachi · chapter 1 · verse 9
And 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.Malachi 1:9 · King James Version
Malachi 1:9 in context
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.
11For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- graciouschânanproperly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferiorH2603 →
- beseechchâlâhproperly, to be rubbed or wornH2470 →
- beseechpânîymthe faceH6440 →
- regardnâsâʼto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeH5375 →
- meansyâda handH3027 →
- saithʼâmarto sayH559 →
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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