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Malachi 1:7

Malachi 1:7
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

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,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Malachi 1:6-14

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Ye offer polluted bread i.e. sacrifices. The word is often used in this sense and rendered food; e.g. Lev 3:11; Lev 3:16. Elsewhere the sacrifices are called, the bread or food of God. Lev 21:6; Lev…