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But you say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ By saying that the LORD’s table may be despised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/malachi/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/malachi/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD <i>is</i> contemptible.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/malachi/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“You offer defiled food on My altar, But say, ‘In what way have we defiled You?’ By saying, ‘The table of the LORD is contemptible.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/malachi/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><i>You are</i> presenting defiled food upon My altar. But you say, ‘How have we defiled You?’ In that you say, ‘The table of the LORD is to be despised.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/malachi/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220You are presenting defiled food upon My altar. But you say, &#8216How have we defiled You?&#8217 In that you say, &#8216The table of the LORD is to be despised.&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/malachi/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“<i>You</i> are presenting defiled food upon My altar. But you say, ‘How have we defiled Thee?’ In that you say, ‘The table of the LORD is to be despised.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/malachi/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br /><i>You</i> are presenting defiled food upon My altar. But you say, ‘How have we defiled You?’ In that you say, ‘The table of Yahweh is to be despised.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/malachi/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You are presenting defiled food upon My altar. But you say, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By thinking that the table of the LORD is contemptible <i>and</i> may be despised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/malachi/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“By presenting defiled food on my altar.” “How have we defiled you? ” you ask. When you say, “The LORD’s table is contemptible.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/malachi/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />By presenting defiled food on My altar.&#8221 You ask: &#8220How have we defiled You?&#8221 When you say: &#8220The LORD&#8217s table is contemptible."&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/malachi/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar. And ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of Jehovah is contemptible.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/malachi/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You embarrass me by offering worthless food on my altar. Then you ask, "How have we embarrassed you?" You have done it by saying, "What's so great about the LORD's altar?" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/malachi/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/malachi/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"You offer contaminated food on my altar. "But you ask, 'Then how have we contaminated you?' "When you say that the LORD's table may be despised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/malachi/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />This is how--by offering worthless food on my altar. Then you ask, 'How have we failed to respect you?' I will tell you--by showing contempt for my altar. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/malachi/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />By presenting defiled food on my altar. And you ask, 'How have we defiled you?' By saying, 'The Table of the LORD is contemptible.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/malachi/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ?How have we defiled You?? By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/malachi/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You are offering improper sacrifices on my altar, yet you ask, 'How have we offended you?' By treating the table of the LORD as if it is of no importance!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/malachi/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You offer defiled bread on my altar. You say, 'How have we defiled you?' In that you say, 'The LORD's table is despised, and its fruit, its food, is despised.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/malachi/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Ye offer polluted bread upon my altar? and ye say, In what have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/malachi/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You offer polluted bread on my altar. You say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ In that you say, ‘Yahweh’s table is contemptible.’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/malachi/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You are bringing defiled bread near on My altar, "" And you have said, In what have we defiled You? In your saying, The table of YHWH—it [is] despicable,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/malachi/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Ye are bringing nigh on Mine altar polluted bread, And ye have said: 'In what have we polluted Thee?' In your saying: 'The table of Jehovah -- it is despicable,'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/malachi/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Bringing polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye said, In what did we pollute thee? In your saying, The table of Jehovah it was despised.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/malachi/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />To you, O priests, that despise my name, and have said: Wherein have we despised thy name? You offer polluted bread upon my altar, and you say: Wherein have we polluted thee? In that you say: The table of the Lord is contemptible. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/malachi/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />You offer polluted bread upon my altar, and you say, “In what way, have we polluted you?” In that you say, “The table of the Lord has been despised.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/malachi/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />By offering defiled food on my altar! You ask, “How have we defiled it?” By saying that the table of the LORD may be disdained! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/malachi/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />By offering polluted food on my altar. And you say, “How have we polluted it?” By thinking that the LORD’s table may be despised.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/malachi/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />In that you offer polluted bread upon my altar; and if you say, In what have we polluted it? In that you say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/malachi/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because you offer on my altar defiled bread; and if you say, ”In what have we defiled you?” In that you say that the table of LORD JEHOVAH is despised<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/malachi/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/malachi/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />In that ye bring to mine altar polluted bread; and ye said, Wherein have ye polluted it? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted, and that which was set thereon ye have despised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/malachi/1-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/B6KyAs1WSHw?start=81" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/malachi/1.htm">The Polluted Offerings</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6</span>“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’ <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5066.htm" title="5066: mag·gî·šîm (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-mp) -- To draw near, approach. ">By presenting</a> <a href="/hebrew/1351.htm" title="1351: mə·ḡō·’āl (V-Pual-Prtcpl-ms) -- To defile. A primitive root,; to soil or desecrate.">defiled</a> <a href="/hebrew/3899.htm" title="3899: le·ḥem (N-ms) -- Bread, food. From lacham; food, especially bread, or grain.">food</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: miz·bə·ḥî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">My altar.</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wa·’ă·mar·tem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">But you ask,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: bam·meh (Prep-b:: Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">‘How</a> <a href="/hebrew/1351.htm" title="1351: ḡê·’al·nū·ḵā (V-Piel-Perf-1cp:: 2ms) -- To defile. A primitive root,; to soil or desecrate.">have we defiled You?’</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: be·’ĕ·mā·rə·ḵem (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf:: 2mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">By saying that</a> <a href="/hebrew/7979.htm" title="7979: šul·ḥan (N-msc) -- A table. From shalach; a table; by implication, a meal.">the table</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/959.htm" title="959: niḇ·zeh (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To despise. A primitive root; to disesteem.">is contemptible.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. "></a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/22-8.htm">Leviticus 22:8-9</a></span><br />He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD. / The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11-14</a></span><br />“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. / When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? / Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-26.htm">Ezekiel 22:26</a></span><br />Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Amos 5:21-22</a></span><br />“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. / Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/haggai/2-14.htm">Haggai 2:14</a></span><br />Then Haggai replied, “So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD, and so it is with every work of their hands; whatever they offer there is defiled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-8.htm">Matthew 15:8-9</a></span><br />‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-6.htm">Mark 7:6-7</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-21.htm">1 Corinthians 10:21</a></span><br />You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-10.htm">Hebrews 13:10</a></span><br />We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-3.htm">Isaiah 66:3</a></span><br />Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-20.htm">Jeremiah 6:20</a></span><br />What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/8-13.htm">Hosea 8:13</a></span><br />Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-8.htm">Malachi 3:8-9</a></span><br />Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings. / You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-42.htm">Luke 11:42</a></span><br />Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You offer polluted bread on my altar; and you say, Wherein have we polluted you? In that you say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.</p><p class="hdg">Ye offer, etc.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/2-11.htm">Leviticus 2:11</a></b></br> No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the LORD made by fire.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/21-6.htm">Leviticus 21:6</a></b></br> They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, <i>and</i> the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/15-21.htm">Deuteronomy 15:21</a></b></br> And if there be <i>any</i> blemish therein, <i>as if it be</i> lame, or blind, <i>or have</i> any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.</p><p class="hdg">The table.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/malachi/1-12.htm">Malachi 1:12</a></b></br> But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD <i>is</i> polluted; and the fruit thereof, <i>even</i> his meat, <i>is</i> contemptible.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/2-15.htm">1 Samuel 2:15-17</a></b></br> Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/41-22.htm">Ezekiel 41:22</a></b></br> The altar of wood <i>was</i> three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, <i>were</i> of wood: and he said unto me, This <i>is</i> the table that <i>is</i> before the LORD.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/zechariah/14-20.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/haggai/2-12.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/daniel/11-21.htm">Contemptible</a> <a href="/haggai/2-14.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/daniel/11-21.htm">Despicable</a> <a href="/malachi/1-6.htm">Despised</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-9.htm">Food</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-17.htm">How</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-20.htm">LORD's</a> <a href="/amos/6-3.htm">Nigh</a> <a href="/haggai/2-14.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/zechariah/6-10.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-4.htm">Polluted</a> <a href="/zechariah/6-5.htm">Presenting</a> <a href="/daniel/11-27.htm">Table</a> <a href="/daniel/8-5.htm">Thinking</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-2.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/malachi/1-6.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/malachi/1-10.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/matthew/4-3.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/malachi/1-12.htm">Contemptible</a> <a href="/malachi/1-12.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/malachi/1-12.htm">Despicable</a> <a href="/malachi/1-12.htm">Despised</a> <a href="/malachi/1-12.htm">Food</a> <a href="/malachi/3-7.htm">How</a> <a href="/malachi/1-12.htm">LORD's</a> <a href="/malachi/2-12.htm">Nigh</a> <a href="/malachi/1-8.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/malachi/1-8.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/malachi/1-12.htm">Polluted</a> <a href="/matthew/5-23.htm">Presenting</a> <a href="/malachi/1-12.htm">Table</a> <a href="/matthew/9-4.htm">Thinking</a> <a href="/malachi/1-12.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/malachi/2-17.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">Malachi 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/malachi/1-1.htm">Malachi complains of Israel's unkindness;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/malachi/1-2.htm">of their irreverence and profaneness.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The term "defiled food" refers to offerings that were blemished or unfit, contrary to the requirements in <a href="/leviticus/22-20.htm">Leviticus 22:20-25</a>, which demanded unblemished animals. This reflects a broader spiritual decay and disrespect for God's holiness. The altar, central to Israelite worship, was where sacrifices were made to atone for sin and express devotion. Offering defiled food symbolized a deeper issue of heart and reverence, as the altar was meant to be a place of purity and honor to God.<p><b>But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’</b><br>This rhetorical question indicates a lack of self-awareness or denial among the priests and people. It suggests that they were either ignorant of their wrongdoing or unwilling to acknowledge it. This mirrors the attitude seen in other prophetic books, such as <a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11-15</a>, where God expresses disdain for insincere worship. The question also highlights a recurring theme in Malachi: the people's failure to recognize their spiritual condition and the seriousness of their actions.<p><b>By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.</b><br>The "table of the LORD" refers to the altar, where offerings were made. Declaring it "contemptible" implies a devaluation of worship and a lack of reverence for God's commands. This attitude is a direct affront to God's holiness and covenant relationship with Israel. In <a href="/1_corinthians/10-21.htm">1 Corinthians 10:21</a>, Paul contrasts the table of the Lord with the table of demons, emphasizing the importance of purity in worship. The priests' actions in Malachi foreshadow the need for a perfect priest and sacrifice, fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who offered Himself as the unblemished Lamb (<a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/malachi.htm">Malachi</a></b><br>The prophet through whom God delivers His message to the Israelites. His name means "my messenger" in Hebrew.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who are being addressed in this passage. They are accused of dishonoring God through their offerings.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_altar.htm">The Altar</a></b><br>The place where sacrifices are offered to God. It symbolizes worship and reverence.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_table_of_the_lord.htm">The Table of the LORD</a></b><br>Represents the place of offering and communion with God, which the Israelites have treated with contempt.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/defiled_food.htm">Defiled Food</a></b><br>The offerings that are not pure or worthy, symbolizing the Israelites' lack of respect and reverence for God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/r/reverence_in_worship.htm">Reverence in Worship</a></b><br>Our worship and offerings to God should be given with the utmost respect and sincerity. Just as the Israelites were called to honor God with pure offerings, we too must ensure our worship is genuine and heartfelt.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/heart_over_ritual.htm">Heart Over Ritual</a></b><br>God desires a heart that is fully devoted to Him rather than mere ritualistic practices. Our actions should reflect our inner devotion and love for God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/self-examination.htm">Self-Examination</a></b><br>Regularly examine your life and worship practices to ensure they align with God’s standards. Are you offering your best to God, or are you giving Him what is convenient?<br><br><b><a href="/topical/v/value_of_sacrifice.htm">Value of Sacrifice</a></b><br>Understand the significance of sacrifice in your relationship with God. It is not about the quantity but the quality and intention behind what you offer to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/contempt_for_the_sacred.htm">Contempt for the Sacred</a></b><br>Recognize the danger of becoming complacent or treating sacred things with contempt. Approach God with awe and respect, acknowledging His holiness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_malachi_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Malachi 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_malachi's_main_message.htm">What is the main message of the Book of Malachi?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_wrote_malachi.htm">Who is the author of the book of Malachi?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_would_god_curse_his_own_blessings.htm">Malachi 2:2 – If God promises blessings, why does He threaten to turn them into curses against His own people? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_a_day_of_rest.htm">What does defiling God's temple mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/malachi/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">Ye offer.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">offering.</span><p><span class= "bld">Bread.</span>--This is not the shewbread, which was not offered upon the altar. The word rendered "bread" means in Arabic "flesh;" in Hebrew, "food generally." This word is applied (<a href="/leviticus/3-11.htm" title="And the priest shall burn it on the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire to the LORD.">Leviticus 3:11</a>; <a href="/leviticus/3-16.htm" title="And the priest shall burn them on the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet smell: all the fat is the LORD's.">Leviticus 3:16</a>) to the fat portions of the peace offerings, which were burned, and is there translated "food." (See references there.) In <a href="/leviticus/21-6.htm" title="They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.">Leviticus 21:6</a>; <a href="/leviticus/21-8.htm" title="You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God: he shall be holy to you: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.">Leviticus 21:8</a>; <a href="/leviticus/21-17.htm" title="Speak to Aaron, saying, Whoever he be of your seed in their generations that has any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.">Leviticus 21:17</a>; <a href="/context/leviticus/21-21.htm" title="No man that has a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come near to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he has a blemish; he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.">Leviticus 21:21-22</a>; <a href="/leviticus/22-25.htm" title="Neither from a stranger's hand shall you offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you.">Leviticus 22:25</a>, it is used of the sacrifices generally, but is there inconsistently translated "bread." . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/malachi/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Ye offer polluted bread</span> (<span class="accented">food</span>) <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>upon mine altar.</span> The prophet answers the priests simply by detailing some of their practices. The "bread" (<span class="accented">lechem</span>) is not the shewbread, which was not offered on the altar, but the flesh of the offered victims (see <a href="/leviticus/3-11.htm">Leviticus 3:11, 16</a>; <a href="/leviticus/21-6.htm">Leviticus 21:6</a>; <a href="/leviticus/22-25.htm">Leviticus 22:25</a>). This was "polluted" in that it was not offered in due accordance with the ceremonial Law, as is further explained in the next verse. <span class="cmt_word">Wherein have we polluted thee?</span> They did not acknowledge the truth that (as St. Jerome says) "when the sacraments are violated, he himself, whose sacraments they are, is violated" (comp. <a href="/ezekiel/13-19.htm">Ezekiel 13:19</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/20-9.htm">Ezekiel 20:9</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/39-7.htm">Ezekiel 39:7</a>). <span class="cmt_word">The table of the Lord is contemptible.</span> This was the thought of their heart, if they did not give open expression to it in words. The "table of the Lord" (ver. 12) is the altar, on which were laid the sacrifices, regarded as the food. of God, and to be eaten by the fire (<a href="/ezekiel/41-22.htm">Ezekiel 41:22</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/44-16.htm">Ezekiel 44:16</a>). They showed that they despised the altar by fancying that anything was good enough for offering thereon, as the next verse explains. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/malachi/1-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“By presenting</span><br /><span class="heb">מַגִּישִׁ֤ים</span> <span class="translit">(mag·gî·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5066.htm">Strong's 5066: </a> </span><span class="str2">To draw near, approach</span><br /><br /><span class="word">defiled</span><br /><span class="heb">מְגֹאָ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(mə·ḡō·’āl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1351.htm">Strong's 1351: </a> </span><span class="str2">To soil, desecrate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">food</span><br /><span class="heb">לֶ֣חֶם</span> <span class="translit">(le·ḥem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3899.htm">Strong's 3899: </a> </span><span class="str2">Food, bread, grain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַֽל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My altar.”</span><br /><span class="heb">מִזְבְּחִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(miz·bə·ḥî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> </span><span class="str2">An altar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You ask,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(wa·’ă·mar·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“How</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּמֶּ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(bam·meh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">What?, what!, indefinitely what</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have we defiled You?”</span><br /><span class="heb">גֵֽאַלְנ֑וּךָ</span> <span class="translit">(ḡê·’al·nū·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common plural | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1351.htm">Strong's 1351: </a> </span><span class="str2">To soil, desecrate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“By saying that</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶּאֱמָרְכֶ֕ם</span> <span class="translit">(be·’ĕ·mā·rə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the table</span><br /><span class="heb">שֻׁלְחַ֥ן</span> <span class="translit">(šul·ḥan)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7979.htm">Strong's 7979: </a> </span><span class="str2">A table, a meal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is contemptible.”</span><br /><span class="heb">נִבְזֶ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(niḇ·zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - 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