Malaquías 1:12

12 Pero vosotros lo profanáis, cuando decís: "La mesa del Señor es inmunda, y su fruto, su alimento despreciable."

Malaquías 1:12 Meaning and Commentary

Malachi 1:12

But ye have profaned it
That is, the name of the Lord, which they are said to despise, ( Malachi 1:6 ) and pollute, ( Malachi 1:7 ) and is a reason why they and their offerings were rejected: and that they profaned the name of the Lord appears by this, in that ye say, The table of the Lord [is] polluted:
the same with "contemptible", ( Malachi 1:7 ) as Kimchi observes; (See Gill on Malachi 1:7): and the fruit thereof, [even] his meat is contemptible;
the word for fruit ^F15 sometimes is used for speech, the fruit of the lips, ( Isaiah 57:19 ) and taken in this sense here, as it is by some, may be understood either of the word of God, which commanded such and such sacrifices to be offered up upon the altar, and was despised, so Abarbinel: or the word of the priests, who were continually saying that what was offered up on the altar was contemptible, even the food which they ate of; so Jarchi and Kimchi. "Fruit" and "meat" seem to signify one and the same thing, and design the fruit and meat of the altar; either that which belonged to the Lord, the fat and the blood, which were offered to him, and were reckoned contemptible; or that which fell to the share of the priests, which they thought mean and worthless. Cocceius interprets this of Christ the Branch of the Lord, and fruit of the earth, ( Isaiah 4:2 ) whose meat it was to do the will of him that sent him, and was despised and rejected by the Jews; and which was the reason of God's casting them off, and taking in the Gentiles.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 (wbyn) "et verbum ejus", Pagninus, Munster; "sermo ejus, [vel] eorum", Vatablus; so Ben Melech.

Malaquías 1:12 In-Context

10 ¡Oh, si hubiera entre vosotros quien cerrara las puertas para que no encendierais mi altar en vano! No me complazco en vosotrosdice el SEÑOR de los ejércitosni de vuestra mano aceptaré ofrenda.

11 Porque desde la salida del sol hasta su puesta, mi nombre será grande entre las naciones, y en todo lugar se ofrecerá incienso a mi nombre, y ofrenda pura de cereal; pues grande será mi nombre entre las nacionesdice el SEÑOR de los ejércitos.

12 Pero vosotros lo profanáis, cuando decís: "La mesa del Señor es inmunda, y su fruto, su alimento despreciable."

13 También decís: "¡Ay, qué fastidio!" Y con indiferencia lo despreciáisdice el SEÑOR de los ejércitosy traéis lo robado, o cojo, o enfermo; así traéis la ofrenda. ¿Aceptaré eso de vuestra mano?dice el SEÑOR.

14 ¡Maldito sea el engañador que tiene un macho en su rebaño, y lo promete, pero sacrifica un animal dañado al Señor! Porque yo soy el Gran Reydice el SEÑOR de los ejércitosy mi nombre es temido entre las naciones.