George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Malachi 1:7
Bread, including all the victims, &c., Leviticus iii. 11., and Numbers xxviii. 2. (Calmet) --- By vile presents they shew their contempt of God. (Worthington)
Bread, including all the victims, &c., Leviticus iii. 11., and Numbers xxviii. 2. (Calmet) --- By vile presents they shew their contempt of God. (Worthington)
Verse Malachi 1:7. _YE OFFER POLLUTED BREAD_] The priests, probably to ingratiate themselves with the people, took the refuse beasts, c., and offered them to God and thus the sacrificial ordinances we...
OFFERING POLLUTED BREAD UPON MINE ALTAR - This, continuing on the words, “despisers of My Name,” , is the answer to their question, “Wherein have we despised Thy Name?” “Bread” might stand, in itself,...
THE REBUKE OF THE PRIESTS CHAPTER 1:6-2:9 The priests, the religious leaders of the people, are described first in their evil ways, and rebuked. But the rebuke includes the entire people, for it is t...
MALACHI 1:6 TO MALACHI 2:16. ISRAEL'S DISREGARD OF THIS LOVE. This section falls into two parts, one dealing with the priesthood (Malachi 1:6 to Malachi 2:9),
YE OFFER, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 15:21). OFFER. bring nigh. Hebrew. _nagash_. App-43. IS. it [is]....
_Ye offer polluted bread_ i.e. _sacrifices_. The word is often used in this sense and rendered _food_; e.g. Leviticus 3:11; Leviticus 3:16. Elsewhere the sacrifices are called, _the bread or food of G...
Malachi 1:6 to Malachi 3:6. Rebuke and threatened punishment of the Priests and People Ch. Malachi 1:6-14. Rebuke of the Priests _O priests_ On them first the rebuke justly falls, because they were c...
_POLLUTED SACRIFICES WERE REJECTED -- MALACHI 1:6-8:_ Worship should be a time of genuine praise and thanksgiving to God. Israel sacrificed to God, not because of His need but because of their need. P...
IN THAT YE SAY, &C.— Houbigant puts a semicolon at the end of this verse, and begins the eighth thus, _And when ye bring the blind for sacrifice, this seems not evil, nor when ye offer the lame and th...
ISRAEL IS UNFAITHFUL. Malachi 1:6 to Malachi 2:9 RV. A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master; if then I am a father, whereis mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehov...
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. YE OFFERED POLLUTED BREAD UPON MINE ALTAR - God's answer...
1:7 offer (f-2) Lit. 'bring near,' as vers. 8,11; chs. 2.12; 3.3, Leviticus 2:8 . see 1 Samuel 13:9 , 'hither.'...
1 Jehovah's Love and His People's Ingratitude 1. Burden] RM 'oracle'; properly, 'that which is lifted up,' hence in this connexion 'utterance'; but with play on other meaning 'burden' in Jeremiah 23...
POLLUTED] i.e. not actually unclean, but worthless, common: cp. Ezra 2:62. BREAD] sacrificial offerings generally: cp. Leviticus 21:6. TABLE] the altar, not merely the table of shewbread. 8. Cp. Deute...
MY *MESSENGER MALACHI _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 1 V1 The *LORD sent this message to Israel by means of his servant Malachi. NOTES Verse 1 Malachi wrote his book in the Hebrew language. The He...
(6-14) The prophet’s rebuke for the dishonouring of God’s name is addressed to the priests as the responsible persons, but applies to the whole nation....
YE OFFER. — Literally, _offering._ BREAD. — This is not the shewbread, which was not offered upon the altar. The word rendered “bread” means in Arabic “flesh;” in Hebrew, “food generally.” This word i...
מַגִּישִׁ֤ים עַֽל ־מִזְבְּחִי֙ לֶ֣חֶם מְגֹאָ֔ל וַ...
2. "HONOR THY FATHER" Malachi 1:6 From God's Love, which Israel have doubted, the prophet passes to His Majesty or Holiness, which they have wronged. Now it is very remarkable that the relation of Go...
Malachi 2:1; Malachi 3:1; Malachi 4:1 PROPHECY WITHIN THE LAW "MALACHI" 1-4 BENEATH this title we may gather all the eight sections of the Book of "Malachi." They contain many things of perennial i...
SINCERITY OF WORSHIP SOUGHT Malachi 1:1-14 The love referred to in these opening Malachi 1:1-5, was exemplified in the divine choice, that through Israel the whole world might be blessed. Hate does n...
After the introductory word, which really constitutes the title page of the prophecy, the message begins almost abruptly with the tender and sensitive word of Jehovah to His people, "I have loved you....
Ye offer (f) polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD [is] (g) contemptible. (f) You receive all types of offerings for your o...
These are very strong expressions of expostulation. God appeals to the common principles and laws of nature. Children and servants do reverence to them that have the rule over them. How much more is d...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. The Lord has not been pleased to give us much express information of the prophets in general, with the exception of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Daniel, and in a me...
It was indeed the office of the priests to place bread daily on the table; but whence could bread be obtained except some were offered? Now nothing was lost to the priests, when they daily set bread b...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 4. The prophecy of Malachi deals with the people brought back from the captivity of Babylon, and is most important as shewing the moral condition of...
YE OFFER POLLUTED BREAD UPON MINE ALTAR,.... Which some understand of the shewbread, mention being afterwards made of a "table", as Jerom; who observes that it was made of wheat, which the priests the...
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. Ver. 7. _Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar_] Bread,...
_Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar_ By this seems to be meant, the bread-offering, or the cake of fine flour, which was to be offered with the continual sacrifice in the morning and evening of e...
A REBUKE OF THE PRIESTS...
Ye offer polluted bread upon Mine altar, in connection with some of the offerings brought to the Lord; AND YE SAY, WHEREIN HAVE WE POLLUTED THEE? IN THAT YE SAY, THE TABLE OF THE LORD IS CONTEMPTIBLE,...
Malachi 1:7; Malachi 1:7 Ye offer: Or, bring unto etc....
6-14 We may each charge upon ourselves what is here charged upon the priests. Our relation to God, as our Father and Master, strongly obliges us to fear and honour him. But they were so scornful that...
YE OFFER POLLUTED BREAD; you through covetousness take any the people bring, whether such as the law requires or no. If it answer not the perfection of the law, yet you first make it serve me, through...
Malachi 1:7 offer H5066 (H8688) defiled H1351 (H8794) food H3899 altar H4196 say H559 (H8804) defiled...
THE FAILURES OF THE PRIESTHOOD WHICH ARE REFLECTED IN THE PEOPLE (MALACHI 1:6 TO MALACHI 2:9). Having declared His love for Israel God now brings out why that love might not have produced what His peo...
CONTENTS: Jehovah's love for Israel. The sins of the priests and hypocrisy of the people. CHARACTERS: God, Malachi, Jacob, Esau. CONCLUSION: God would have His people know that He loves them, therefo...
Malachi 1:1. _The word of the Lord by Malachi,_ my angel, my messenger, or the messenger of the Lord. Malachi flourished after the second temple was built, and about four hundred and twenty years befo...
_Ye offer polluted bread upon Mine altar._ THE SACRAMENT POLLUTED What closeness of attention, what concentration of thought does it not require of us, if we consider the great and comprehensive view...
MALACHI—NOTE ON MALACHI 1:6 Second Dispute: Why Do Israel’s Offerings Not Honor God? Malachi argues that Israel’s love for God should be questioned, not God’s love for Israel. Malachi focuses on Israe...
CRITICAL NOTES. Malachi 1:4. Edom] cannot recover herself. Her perpetual ruins illustrate love to Israel rather than to her. BORDER] still the resort of marauding tribes of the desert. INDIGNATION] C...
EXPOSITION VERSE 1:1-2:9 Part I. REPROOF OF THE PRIESTS FOR NEGLECT OF DIVINE SERVICE. MALACHI 1:1 § 1_. Heading and author. _THE BURDEN ...
Now let's turn to Malachi, the final word of God in the Old Testament period. God's final message before the coming of Jesus Christ. Who Malachi was, where he came from, we know nothing. Some believe...
1 Corinthians 10:21; 1 Corinthians 11:21; 1 Corinthians 11:22; 1 Corinthians 11:27;...
VITAL QUESTIONS Malachi 1:1; Malachi 2:1; Malachi 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Book of Malachi presents questions asked by God. In response, instead of a direct answer, the chosen people, Israel, ask...
Bread — Either the meal — offerings, or rather in a more large sense, all sacrifices and oblations. Ye say — Perhaps in words; at least your deeds speak your thoughts. The table — This comprehends all...