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Malachi 1:12 "But you profane it when you say, 'The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.'
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By bringing contemptible food, you are saying it’s all right to defile the Lord’s table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/malachi/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But you profane it when you say that the Lord’s table is polluted, and its fruit, that is, its food may be despised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/malachi/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/malachi/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/malachi/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“But you profane it, In that you say, ‘The table of the LORD is defiled; And its fruit, its food, <i>is</i> contemptible.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/malachi/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“But you are profaning it by your saying, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is to be despised.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/malachi/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />“But you are profaning it, in that you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is to be despised.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/malachi/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“But you are profaning it, in that you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food 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 />“But you are profaning it, in that you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is to be despised.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/malachi/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“But you [priests] profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is to be despised.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/malachi/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“But you are profaning it when you say, ‘The Lord’s table is defiled, and its product, its food, is contemptible.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/malachi/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But you are profaning it when you say: “The Lord’s table is defiled, and its product, its food, is contemptible.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/malachi/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But ye profane it, in that ye say, The table of Jehovah is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even its food, is contemptible.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/malachi/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But even you priests insult me by saying, "There's nothing special about the LORD's altar, and these sacrifices are worthless." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/malachi/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But ye profane it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/malachi/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"But you dishonor it when you say that the Lord's table may be contaminated and that its food may be despised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/malachi/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But you dishonor me when you say that my altar is worthless and when you offer on it food that you despise. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/malachi/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"But you are profaning my name by saying that the Table of the LORD is defiled and that its fruit and its food are contemptible.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/malachi/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?But you profane it when you say, ?The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/malachi/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"But you are profaning it by saying that the table of the Lord is common and its offerings despicable.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/malachi/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"But you profane it, in that you say, 'The LORD's table is defiled, 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 />But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit of it, even his provision, is contemptible.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/malachi/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“But you profane it when you say, ‘Yahweh’s table is polluted, and its fruit, even its food, 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 />“And you are defiling it in your saying, "" The table of YHWH—it is defiled, "" As for its fruit—its food is despicable.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/malachi/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And ye are polluting it in your saying, 'The table of Jehovah -- it is polluted, As to its fruit -- despicable is its food.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/malachi/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And ye profaning it in your saying, The table of Jehovah it being polluted; and its fruit, its food 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 />And you have profaned it in that you say: The table of the Lord is defiled: and that which is laid thereupon is contemptible with the fire that devoureth it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/malachi/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And you have polluted it, in that you say, “The table of the Lord has been contaminated; and that which is placed upon it is contemptible, compared with the fire that devours it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/malachi/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But you profane it by saying that the LORD’s table is defiled, and its food 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 />But you profane it when you say that the Lord’s table is polluted, and the food for it 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 />But you are profaning it, in that you say, The table of the LORD is polluted and its food is contemptible.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/malachi/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you are defiling it, in that you say: “The table of LORD JEHOVAH is defiled and its foods are contemptible”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/malachi/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But ye profane it, In that ye say: 'The table of the LORD is polluted, And the fruit thereof, even the food thereof, is contemptible.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/malachi/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But ye profane it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted, and his meats set thereon are despised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/malachi/1-12.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=160" 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">11</span>For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: wə·’at·tem (Conj-w:: Pro-2mp) -- You (masc. sing.). ">“But you</a> <a href="/hebrew/2490.htm" title="2490: mə·ḥal·lə·lîm (V-Piel-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to bore, i.e. to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane, to break, to begin; denom. to play.">profane</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·w·ṯōw (DirObjM:: 3ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">it</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.">when you say,</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/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">of the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">is</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/5108.htm" title="5108: wə·nî·ḇōw (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Fruit. Or neyb; from nuwb; produce, literally or figuratively.">and as for its fruit,</a> <a href="/hebrew/400.htm" title="400: ’ā·ḵə·lōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Food. From 'akal; food.">its food</a> <a href="/hebrew/959.htm" title="959: niḇ·zeh (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To despise. A primitive root; to disesteem.">is contemptible.’</a> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?” asks the LORD.…<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="/isaiah/52-5.htm">Isaiah 52:5</a></span><br />And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-20.htm">Ezekiel 36:20-23</a></span><br />And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land.’ / But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they had gone. / Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you went. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-24.htm">Romans 2:24</a></span><br />As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-28.htm">Isaiah 43:28</a></span><br />So I will disgrace the princes of your sanctuary, and I will devote Jacob to destruction and Israel to reproach.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Jeremiah 7:9-11</a></span><br />Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, / and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’? / Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-12.htm">Matthew 21:12-13</a></span><br />Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. / And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/11-15.htm">Mark 11:15-17</a></span><br />When they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. / And He would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. / Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-45.htm">Luke 19:45-46</a></span><br />Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there. / He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”<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="/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="/amos/2-7.htm">Amos 2:7-8</a></span><br />They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name. / They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/13-17.htm">Nehemiah 13:17-18</a></span><br />Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day? / Did not your forefathers do the same things, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His wrath against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-2.htm">2 Peter 2:2</a></span><br />Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.<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="/jeremiah/34-16.htm">Jeremiah 34:16</a></span><br />But now you have changed your minds and profaned My name. Each of you has taken back the menservants and maidservants whom you had set at liberty to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But you have profaned it, in that you say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.</p><p class="hdg">ye have.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/malachi/1-6.htm">Malachi 1:6,8</a></b></br> A son honoureth <i>his</i> father, and a servant his master: if then I <i>be</i> a father, where <i>is</i> mine honour? and if I <i>be</i> a master, where <i>is</i> my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/malachi/2-8.htm">Malachi 2:8</a></b></br> But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/12-14.htm">2 Samuel 12:14</a></b></br> Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also <i>that is</i> born unto thee shall surely die.</p><p class="hdg">The table.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/malachi/1-7.htm">Malachi 1:7,13</a></b></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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/11-4.htm">Numbers 11:4-8</a></b></br> And the mixt multitude that <i>was</i> among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/5-3.htm">Daniel 5:3,4</a></b></br> Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which <i>was</i> at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/malachi/1-7.htm">Contemptible</a> <a href="/malachi/1-7.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/malachi/1-7.htm">Despicable</a> <a href="/malachi/1-7.htm">Despised</a> <a href="/malachi/1-7.htm">Food</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-12.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/malachi/1-7.htm">LORD's</a> <a href="/haggai/2-12.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/malachi/1-7.htm">Polluted</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-6.htm">Polluting</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-4.htm">Profane</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-4.htm">Profaned</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-6.htm">Profaning</a> <a href="/daniel/1-15.htm">Provision</a> <a href="/malachi/1-7.htm">Table</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-4.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/malachi/1-7.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-22.htm">Unholy</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-18.htm">Value</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/malachi/2-9.htm">Contemptible</a> <a href="/mark/7-2.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-10.htm">Despicable</a> <a href="/malachi/2-9.htm">Despised</a> <a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Food</a> <a href="/malachi/3-11.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/matthew/21-9.htm">LORD's</a> <a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/acts/15-20.htm">Polluted</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-9.htm">Polluting</a> <a href="/malachi/2-10.htm">Profane</a> <a href="/malachi/2-11.htm">Profaned</a> <a href="/malachi/2-10.htm">Profaning</a> <a href="/acts/24-2.htm">Provision</a> <a href="/matthew/5-15.htm">Table</a> <a href="/matthew/2-16.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/malachi/2-11.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/acts/10-14.htm">Unholy</a> <a href="/matthew/6-26.htm">Value</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF2 --> <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/malachi/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/malachi/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/malachi/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>But you profane it</b><br>This phrase addresses the priests and people of Israel who were dishonoring God's name through their actions. Profaning something means to treat it with irreverence or disrespect. In the context of Malachi, the priests were offering blemished sacrifices, which was against the Law (<a href="/leviticus/22-21.htm">Leviticus 22:21-22</a>). This reflects a broader theme in the Old Testament where God calls His people to holiness and reverence (<a href="/leviticus/19-2.htm">Leviticus 19:2</a>).<p><b>when you say,</b><br>The phrase indicates that the profanation is not only in actions but also in words. The speech of the priests and people reveals their heart attitude towards God and His commands. This aligns with the biblical principle that words reflect the heart (<a href="/matthew/12-34.htm">Matthew 12:34</a>).<p><b>‘The table of the Lord is defiled,</b><br>The "table of the Lord" refers to the altar where sacrifices were made. By calling it defiled, the priests were expressing disdain for the sacrificial system established by God. This reflects a lack of faith and reverence, similar to the attitude of Eli's sons in <a href="/1_samuel/2-12.htm">1 Samuel 2:12-17</a>, who treated the Lord's offerings with contempt.<p><b>and as for its fruit,</b><br>The "fruit" here refers to the offerings and sacrifices brought to the altar. In the Old Testament, offerings were meant to be the best of what people had (<a href="/exodus/23-19.htm">Exodus 23:19</a>). The term "fruit" can also symbolize the results or outcomes of one's actions, indicating that the priests were not valuing the spiritual significance of the sacrifices.<p><b>its food is contemptible.’</b><br>The priests considered the food of the sacrifices, which was meant to be holy and pleasing to God, as contemptible or worthless. This attitude shows a deep spiritual decline and a failure to honor God with their best. This mirrors the warning in <a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11-14</a>, where God expresses His displeasure with empty rituals and sacrifices that are not accompanied by genuine devotion and obedience.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/malachi.htm">Malachi</a></b><br>The last prophet in the Old Testament, Malachi's name means "my messenger." He delivered God's message to the Israelites, calling them to faithfulness and reverence.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who had returned from exile and were struggling with spiritual apathy and disobedience.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_table_of_the_lord.htm">The Table of the Lord</a></b><br>Refers to the altar in the temple where sacrifices were offered. It symbolizes worship and the covenant relationship between God and His people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a></b><br>The religious leaders responsible for maintaining the sanctity of worship and the temple. They were criticized for their negligence and disrespect towards God's offerings.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple_in_jerusalem.htm">The Temple in Jerusalem</a></b><br>The central place of worship for the Israelites, representing God's presence among His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/r/reverence_for_worship.htm">Reverence for Worship</a></b><br>Worship should be approached with a heart of reverence and respect. The Israelites' contempt for the altar serves as a warning against treating sacred practices as mundane.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leaders.htm">The Role of Leaders</a></b><br>Spiritual leaders have a responsibility to uphold the sanctity of worship and guide their communities in honoring God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/heart_over_ritual.htm">Heart Over Ritual</a></b><br>God desires genuine devotion over empty rituals. Our worship should reflect a sincere relationship with Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/self-examination.htm">Self-Examination</a></b><br>Believers are called to examine their attitudes towards worship and offerings, ensuring they are not profaning what is holy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_daily_life.htm">Holiness in Daily Life</a></b><br>The call to holiness extends beyond the temple to every aspect of life, urging believers to live in a way that honors God.<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_does_sacrilegious_mean.htm">What does sacrilege or sacrilegious mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_malachi_1_6-8_and_ot_laws_align.htm">How do Malachi 1:6-8's denunciations of flawed sacrifices align with other Old Testament laws on offerings?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_hell_eternal_(matt_25_46_vs_mal_4_1).htm">Is hell eternal? (Matthew 25:46 vs. Malachi 4:1)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_it_mean_to_be_irreverent.htm">What does it mean to be irreverent?</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>(12) <span class= "bld">But ye have.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">but ye profane it</span>--viz., "my name" (<a href="/malachi/1-11.htm" title="For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, said the LORD of hosts.">Malachi 1:11</a>). The word "it" is said by Jewish tradition to be an euphemism for "me." The present contemptuous conduct of God's priests is contrasted with the prophesied reverence of heathen nations.<p><span class= "bld">Fruit . . . meat,</span> denote the same as "bread" of <a href="/malachi/1-7.htm" title="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.">Malachi 1:7</a>. They show that they think it contemptible by not taking the trouble to offer such things as are prescribed by the Law.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/malachi/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">But ye have profaned it;</span> ye <span class="accented">profane</span> God's Name. The prophet contrasts the negligence and profanity of the priests with the piety of the Gentile nations, which he foresees. <span class="cmt_word">The table of the Lord</span> (see note on ver. 7). <span class="cmt_word">The fruit thereof, even his meat.</span> The food and meat of the altar are the victims offered thereon. By their conduct the priests made both altar and offerings contemptible. Septuagint, <span class="greek">Τὰ ἐπιτιθέμενα</span> <span class="greek">ἐξουδένωται βρώματα αὐτοῦ</span>, "Its meats that are laid thereon are set at naught;" Vulgate, <span class="accented">Quod superponitur contemptibile est, cum igne qui illud devorat.</span> This is either a free paraphrase, or for "meat" Jerome must have read a participle, "eating," and taken "that which eats" the offering to be the fire which consumes it, as "lick up" (<a href="/1_kings/18-38.htm">1 Kings 18:38</a>). Others explain the Vulgate to mean that the priests complain of the scantiness and inferiority of the victims, the flesh of which formed their support. But as this was owing to their own neglect, they were not likely to make it a subject of complaint <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/malachi/1-12.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">“But you</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַתֶּ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’at·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">profane</span><br /><span class="heb">מְחַלְּלִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(mə·ḥal·lə·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2490.htm">Strong's 2490: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it</span><br /><span class="heb">אוֹת֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·w·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">when you say,</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶּאֱמָרְכֶ֗ם</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">שֻׁלְחַ֤ן</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">אֲדֹנָי֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏō·nāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> </span><span class="str2">The Lord</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is</span><br /><span class="heb">ה֔וּא</span> <span class="translit">(hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">defiled,</span><br /><span class="heb">מְגֹאָ֣ל</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">and its fruit,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנִיב֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nî·ḇōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5108.htm">Strong's 5108: </a> </span><span class="str2">Produce</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its food,</span><br /><span class="heb">אָכְלֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḵə·lōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_400.htm">Strong's 400: </a> </span><span class="str2">Food</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 - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_959.htm">Strong's 959: </a> </span><span class="str2">To disesteem</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/malachi/1-12.htm">Malachi 1:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/malachi/1-12.htm">Malachi 1:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/malachi/1-12.htm">Malachi 1:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/malachi/1-12.htm">Malachi 1:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/malachi/1-12.htm">Malachi 1:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/malachi/1-12.htm">Malachi 1:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/malachi/1-12.htm">Malachi 1:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/malachi/1-12.htm">Malachi 1:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/malachi/1-12.htm">Malachi 1:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/malachi/1-12.htm">Malachi 1:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/malachi/1-12.htm">OT Prophets: Malachi 1:12 But you profane it in that you (Malachi Mal Ml) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/malachi/1-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Malachi 1:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Malachi 1:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/malachi/1-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Malachi 1:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Malachi 1:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>