Malachi 3:4

4 Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD, as in days of old and years gone by.

Malachi 3:4 Meaning and Commentary

Malachi 3:4

Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant
unto the Lord
Or "sweet" ^F2; grateful and well pleasing to him, as all spiritual sacrifices are acceptable to God through Christ, being offered up in the faith of his atoning sacrifice and righteousness, without which it is impossible to please God: as in the days of old, and as in former years:
under the first temple, and when the tabernacle was set up by Moses, and in the times of the patriarchs; and even before the flood, and as early as Abel, who offered a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, ( Hebrews 11:4-6 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (hbre) "dulcescet", Vatablus, Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius; "dulce", Piscator.

Malachi 3:4 In-Context

2 But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.

3 And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.

4 Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD, as in days of old and years gone by.

5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.

6 “Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.