Malachia 1:12

12 Ma voi lo profanate, col dire: "La mensa dell’Eterno è contaminata, e ciò che rende, come alimento, è cosa di nessun conto".

Malachia 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.

Malachia 1:12 In-Context

10 Oh ci fosse pur qualcuno di voi che chiudesse le porte! Voi non accendereste invano il fuoco sul mio altare! Io non prendo alcun piacere in voi, dice l’Eterno degli eserciti, e le offerte delle vostre mani io non le gradisco.

11 Poiché dal sol levante fino al ponente grande è il mio nome fra le nazioni, e in ogni luogo s’offrono al mio nome profumo e oblazioni pure; poiché grande è il mio nome fra le nazioni, dice l’Eterno degli eserciti.

12 Ma voi lo profanate, col dire: "La mensa dell’Eterno è contaminata, e ciò che rende, come alimento, è cosa di nessun conto".

13 Voi dite pure: "Ah, che fatica!" e la trattate con disprezzo, dice l’Eterno degli eserciti. E menate vittime rubate, zoppe o malate, e queste sono le offerte che fate! Potrei io gradirle dalle vostre mani? dice l’Eterno.

14 Maledetto il fraudolento che ha nel suo gregge un maschio, e vota e offre in sacrifizio all’Eterno una bestia difettosa! Poiché io sono un re grande, dice l’Eterno degli eserciti, e il mio nome è tremendo fra le nazioni.