Malachi 1:10

Whois there even&c. Rather, with the majority of modern commentators and with R.V. Oh, that there were one among you that would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle [fire on] my altar in vain!

Better no sacrifices at all than such sacrifices as these. Better a Temple closed than a Temple profaned. Comp. Isaiah 1:12-13.

the doors not of the Sanctuary or Temple proper (ναός), but either of the inner court in which the altar stood, or perhaps of the whole sacred inclosure (ἱερόν). Comp. 2 Chronicles 28:24; 2 Chronicles 29:3; Acts 21:30.

an offering The Hebrew word (minchah) is that commonly used for vegetable, as distinguished from animal sacrifices (Psalms 40:7; Jeremiah 17:26; Daniel 9:27). Here however, as elsewhere (Genesis 4:4-5; 1 Samuel 2:17; Zephaniah 3:10), it has the more general sense of offerings of any kind. The proper meaning of the word, with which this general sense most nearly accords, is a gift. See Genesis 32:14; Genesis 32:19; Genesis 32:21; Genesis 43:11.