Malachi 1:6 A son honors his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is my honor? and if I be a master, where is my fear?… "And ye say, Wherein have we despised Thy Name?" This is the worst kind of impiety, because it displays utter ignorance of one's self. The caution is not against open or violent hostility; there may be simple ignorance, or unconscious contempt, or that sort of passivity and indifference which amounts to positive neglect. We go down not by a plunge, but by an inclined plane. The plane is lubricated, is well-oiled, so that we slip own little by little, and hardly know that we are slipping. "Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar." The retort is, "Wherein have we polluted Thee?" In this way. "Ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible." There the error was fundamental. This is the charge that is levelled against all men to-day. Why patter with incidental errors, why not. lift up the impeachment to its proper dignity, and charge men with having left the Lord, with having turned their backs upon the Lord? (J. Parker, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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? |
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