Malaquías 1:12

12 »Ustedes, en cambio, deshonran mi nombre con sus acciones. Al traer alimentos despreciables declaran que no está mal deshonrar la mesa del Señor.

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 »¡Cómo quisiera que alguno de ustedes cerrara las puertas del templo para que esos sacrificios despreciables no fueran ofrecidos! No estoy nada contento con ustedes —dice el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales— y no aceptaré sus ofrendas.

11 Sin embargo, mi nombre es honrado
desde la mañana hasta la noche por gente de otras naciones. En todo el mundo ofrecen
incienso dulce y ofrendas puras en honor de mi nombre. Pues mi nombre es grande entre las naciones, dice el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales.

12 »Ustedes, en cambio, deshonran mi nombre con sus acciones. Al traer alimentos despreciables declaran que no está mal deshonrar la mesa del Señor.

13 Ustedes dicen: “Es demasiado difícil servir al Señor
” y consideran un fastidio mis mandamientos —dice el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales—. ¡Imagínense! ¡Están presentando animales robados, lisiados y enfermos como ofrendas! ¿Debo aceptar esa clase de ofrenda de ustedes?, pregunta el Señor
.

14 »Maldito sea el tramposo que promete dar un carnero selecto de su rebaño, pero después sacrifica uno defectuoso al Señor. ¡Pues yo soy un gran rey —dice el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales— y mi nombre es temido entre las naciones!