Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “But you profane it by saying, ‘The Lord’s table is defiled,’ and, ‘Its food is contemptible.’ New Living Translation “But you dishonor my name with your actions. By bringing contemptible food, you are saying it’s all right to defile the Lord’s table. English Standard Version But you profane it when you say that the Lord’s table is polluted, and its fruit, that is, its food may be despised. Berean Standard Bible “But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’ King James Bible But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. New King James Version “But you profane it, In that you say, ‘The table of the LORD is defiled; And its fruit, its food, is contemptible.’ New American Standard Bible “But you are profaning it by your saying, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is to be despised.’ NASB 1995 “But you are profaning it, in that you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is to be despised.’ NASB 1977 “But you are profaning it, in that you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is to be despised.’ Legacy Standard Bible “But you are profaning it, in that you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is to be despised.’ Amplified Bible “But you [priests] profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is to be despised.’ Christian Standard Bible “But you are profaning it when you say, ‘The Lord’s table is defiled, and its product, its food, is contemptible.’ Holman Christian Standard Bible But you are profaning it when you say: “The Lord’s table is defiled, and its product, its food, is contemptible.” American Standard Version But ye profane it, in that ye say, The table of Jehovah is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even its food, is contemptible. Contemporary English Version But even you priests insult me by saying, "There's nothing special about the LORD's altar, and these sacrifices are worthless." English Revised Version But ye profane it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. GOD'S WORD® Translation "But you dishonor it when you say that the Lord's table may be contaminated and that its food may be despised. Good News Translation But you dishonor me when you say that my altar is worthless and when you offer on it food that you despise. International Standard Version "But you are profaning my name by saying that the Table of the LORD is defiled and that its fruit and its food are contemptible. Majority Standard Bible “But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’ NET Bible "But you are profaning it by saying that the table of the Lord is common and its offerings despicable. New Heart English Bible "But you profane it, in that you say, 'The LORD's table is defiled, and its fruit, its food, is despised.' Webster's Bible Translation But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit of it, even his provision, is contemptible. World English Bible “But you profane it when you say, ‘Yahweh’s table is polluted, and its fruit, even its food, is contemptible.’ Literal Translations Literal Standard Version“And you are defiling it in your saying, "" The table of YHWH—it is defiled, "" As for its fruit—its food is despicable. Young's Literal Translation And ye are polluting it in your saying, 'The table of Jehovah -- it is polluted, As to its fruit -- despicable is its food.' Smith's Literal Translation And ye profaning it in your saying, The table of Jehovah it being polluted; and its fruit, its food was despised. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd you have profaned it in that you say: The table of the Lord is defiled: and that which is laid thereupon is contemptible with the fire that devoureth it. Catholic Public Domain Version And you have polluted it, in that you say, “The table of the Lord has been contaminated; and that which is placed upon it is contemptible, compared with the fire that devours it.” New American Bible But you profane it by saying that the LORD’s table is defiled, and its food may be disdained. New Revised Standard Version But you profane it when you say that the Lord’s table is polluted, and the food for it may be despised. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBut you are profaning it, in that you say, The table of the LORD is polluted and its food is contemptible. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And you are defiling it, in that you say: “The table of LORD JEHOVAH is defiled and its foods are contemptible” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917But ye profane it, In that ye say: 'The table of the LORD is polluted, And the fruit thereof, even the food thereof, is contemptible.' Brenton Septuagint Translation But ye profane it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted, and his meats set thereon are despised. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Polluted Offerings…11For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts. 12“But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’ 13You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?” asks the LORD.… Cross References Isaiah 52:5 And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long. Ezekiel 36:20-23 And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land.’ / But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they had gone. / Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you went. ... Romans 2:24 As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.” Isaiah 43:28 So I will disgrace the princes of your sanctuary, and I will devote Jacob to destruction and Israel to reproach.” Jeremiah 7:9-11 Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, / and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’? / Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD. Matthew 21:12-13 Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. / And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’” Mark 11:15-17 When they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. / And He would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. / Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’” Luke 19:45-46 Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there. / He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’” 1 Corinthians 10:21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too. Isaiah 1:11-14 “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. / When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? / Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. ... Amos 2:7-8 They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name. / They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines. Nehemiah 13:17-18 Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day? / Did not your forefathers do the same things, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His wrath against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!” 2 Peter 2:2 Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed. Ezekiel 22:26 Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them. Jeremiah 34:16 But now you have changed your minds and profaned My name. Each of you has taken back the menservants and maidservants whom you had set at liberty to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves. Treasury of Scripture But you have profaned it, in that you say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. ye have. Malachi 1:6,8 A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? … Malachi 2:8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. 2 Samuel 12:14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. The table. Malachi 1:7,13 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… Numbers 11:4-8 And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? … Daniel 5:3,4 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them… Jump to Previous Contemptible Defiled Despicable Despised Food Fruit LORD's Meat Polluted Polluting Profane Profaned Profaning Provision Table Thereof Unclean Unholy ValueJump to Next Contemptible Defiled Despicable Despised Food Fruit LORD's Meat Polluted Polluting Profane Profaned Profaning Provision Table Thereof Unclean Unholy ValueMalachi 1 1. Malachi complains of Israel's unkindness;2. of their irreverence and profaneness. But you are profaning it The Hebrew root for "profaning" is "חָלַל" (chalal), which means to pollute or desecrate. In the context of Malachi, this word underscores the gravity of the Israelites' actions. They were treating sacred things with irreverence, which was a direct violation of the covenant relationship with God. Historically, the Israelites were called to be a holy nation, set apart for God's purposes. Profaning the sacred was not just a ritual failure but a heart issue, reflecting a deeper spiritual malaise. when you say 'The table of the Lord is defiled and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible Fruit . . . meat, denote the same as "bread" of Malachi 1:7. They show that they think it contemptible by not taking the trouble to offer such things as are prescribed by the Law. Verse 12. - But ye have profaned it; ye profane God's Name. The prophet contrasts the negligence and profanity of the priests with the piety of the Gentile nations, which he foresees. The table of the Lord (see note on ver. 7). The fruit thereof, even his meat. The food and meat of the altar are the victims offered thereon. By their conduct the priests made both altar and offerings contemptible. Septuagint, Τὰ ἐπιτιθέμενα ἐξουδένωται βρώματα αὐτοῦ, "Its meats that are laid thereon are set at naught;" Vulgate, Quod superponitur contemptibile est, cum igne qui illud devorat. This is either a free paraphrase, or for "meat" Jerome must have read a participle, "eating," and taken "that which eats" the offering to be the fire which consumes it, as "lick up" (1 Kings 18:38). Others explain the Vulgate to mean that the priests complain of the scantiness and inferiority of the victims, the flesh of which formed their support. But as this was owing to their own neglect, they were not likely to make it a subject of complaintParallel Commentaries ... Hebrew “But youוְאַתֶּ֖ם (wə·’at·tem) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine plural Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you profane מְחַלְּלִ֣ים (mə·ḥal·lə·lîm) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play it אוֹת֑וֹ (’ō·w·ṯōw) Direct object marker | third person masculine singular Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case when you say, בֶּאֱמָרְכֶ֗ם (be·’ĕ·mā·rə·ḵem) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say ‘The table שֻׁלְחַ֤ן (šul·ḥan) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7979: A table, a meal of the LORD אֲדֹנָי֙ (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 136: The Lord is ה֔וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are defiled, מְגֹאָ֣ל (mə·ḡō·’āl) Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 1351: To soil, desecrate and its fruit, וְנִיב֖וֹ (wə·nî·ḇōw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5108: Produce its food, אָכְלֽוֹ׃ (’ā·ḵə·lōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 400: Food is contemptible.’ נִבְזֶ֥ה (niḇ·zeh) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 959: To disesteem Links Malachi 1:12 NIVMalachi 1:12 NLT Malachi 1:12 ESV Malachi 1:12 NASB Malachi 1:12 KJV Malachi 1:12 BibleApps.com Malachi 1:12 Biblia Paralela Malachi 1:12 Chinese Bible Malachi 1:12 French Bible Malachi 1:12 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Malachi 1:12 But you profane it in that you (Malachi Mal Ml) |
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