Malaquías 1:12

12 Y vosotros lo habéis profanado cuando decís: Morimos de hambre al servicio del SEÑOR; y cuando hablan que su alimento es 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 ¿Quién también hay de vosotros que cierre las puertas o atiende el fuego de mi altar de balde? Yo no recibo contentamiento en vosotros, dijo el SEÑOR de los ejércitos, ni de vuestra mano me será agradable el presente

11 Porque desde donde el sol nace hasta donde se pone, mi Nombre es grande entre los gentiles; y en todo lugar se ofrece a mi Nombre perfume, y presente limpio; porque grande es mi Nombre entre los gentiles, dice el SEÑOR de los ejércitos

12 Y vosotros lo habéis profanado cuando decís: Morimos de hambre al servicio del SEÑOR; y cuando hablan que su alimento es despreciable

13 Y decís: ¡Oh qué trabajo! Y lo desechasteis, dijo el SEÑOR de los ejércitos; y trajisteis lo hurtado, o cojo, o enfermo, y presentasteis ofrenda. ¿Me será acepto eso de vuestra mano? Dice el SEÑOR

14 Maldito el engañoso, que tiene macho en su rebaño, y promete, y sacrifica corrompido al SEÑOR; porque yo soy Gran Rey, dice el SEÑOR de los ejércitos, y mi Nombre es formidable entre los gentiles