Malachi 1:13

Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
said	וַאֲמַרְתֶּם֩ va.'a.mar.Tem	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
weariness	מַתְּלָאָה mattᵉlâʼâh	H4972	what a trouble!
snuffed	וְהִפַּחְתֶּ֣ם ve.hi.pach.Tem	H5301	to puff · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
saith	אָמַר֙ 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
hosts	צְבָא֔וֹת tze.va.'ot	H6635	a mass of persons (or figuratively · noun, common feminine plural absolute
brought	וַהֲבֵאתֶ֣ם va.ha.ve.Tem	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
torn	גָּז֗וּל ga.Zul	H1497	to pluck off · verb, qal passive participle, masculine singular absolute
lame	הַפִּסֵּ֙חַ֙ ha.pi.Se.ach	H6455	lame · definite article + adjective, masculine singular absolute
sick	הַ֣חוֹלֶ֔ה ha.cho.Leh	H2470	properly · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
brought	וַהֲבֵאתֶ֖ם va.ha.ve.Tem	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
offering	הַמִּנְחָ֑ה ha.min.Chah	H4503	a donation · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
accept	הַאֶרְצֶ֥ה ha.'er.Tzeh	H7521	to be pleased with · interrogative particle + verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
hand	מִיֶּדְכֶ֖ם mi.yed.Khem	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
saith	אָמַ֥ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָֽה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Micah 6:3 O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
Mark 14:37-38 And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?
Leviticus 22:19-23 Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
Malachi 1:7-8 Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.
1 Samuel 2:29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yo…
Isaiah 1:12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
Isaiah 43:22-23 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.
Isaiah 57:6 Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offe…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Malachi 1:6–end

The prophet is here, by a special commission, calling the priests to account, though they were themselves appointed judges, to call the people to an account. Let the rulers in the house of God know that there is one above them, who will reckon with them for their mal-administrations. Thus saith the Lord of hosts to you, O priests! Mal 1:6. God will have a saying to unfaithful ministers; and it concerns those who speak from God to his people to hear and heed what he says to them, that they may save themselves in the first place, otherwise how should they help to save those that hear them? It is a severe, and no doubt a just reproof, that is here given to the priests, for the profanation of th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Malachi 1:13

what a weariness is it!--Ye regard God's service as irksome, and therefore try to get it over by presenting the most worthless offerings. Compare Mic 6:3, where God challenges His people to show wherein is the "weariness" or hardship of His service. Also Isa 43:22-24, wherein He shows that it is they who have "wearied" Him, not He who has wearied them. snuffed at--despised. it--the table of the Lord, and the meat on it (Mal 1:12). torn--namely, by beasts, which it was not lawful to eat, much less to offer (Exo 22:31). thus . . . offering--Hebrew, mincha; the unbloody offering of flour, &c. Though this may have been of ordinary ingredients, yet the sacrifices of blemished animals acco…

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John Gill on Malachi 1:13

Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it?.... These are either the words of the priests, saying what a wearisome and fatiguing business the temple service was to them, for which they thought they were poorly paid; such as slaying the sacrifices; removing the ashes from the altar; putting the wood in order; kindling the fire, and laying the sacrifice on it: or of the people that brought the sacrifice, who, when they brought a lamb upon their shoulders, and laid it down, said, how weary are we with bringing it, suggesting it was so fat and fleshy; so Kimchi and Abarbinel, to which sense the Targum seems to agree; which paraphrases it, "but if ye say, lo, what we have brought is from our l…

Dictionary and topics

Formalism · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Hypocrisy · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Offerings · The Jews often: Gave the worst they had as — The Jews often: Gave the worst they had as
Sacrifices · The Jews: Condemned for bringing defective and blemished — The Jews: Condemned for bringing defective and blemished

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Malachi 1:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Malachi 1:6–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Malachi 1:13

John Gill on Malachi 1:13

Dictionary and topics

Malachi 1:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Malachi 1:6–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Malachi 1:13

John Gill on Malachi 1:13

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Malachi 1:13

Keil & Delitzsch on Malachi 1:10-13

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Malachi 1:12