13Ye 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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O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
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 shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. …
And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour? …
But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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 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 c…
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