Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Malachi 1:9

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Malachi 1:9 - 1:9

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Malachi 1:9 - 1:9

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1:1 - 1:1
1:2 - 1:2
1:3 - 1:3
1:4 - 1:4
1:5 - 1:5
1:6 - 1:6
1:7 - 1:7
1:8 - 1:8
1:9 - 1:9
1:10 - 1:10
1:11 - 1:11
1:12 - 1:12
1:13 - 1:13
1:14 - 1:14

now ... beseech God that he will be gracious - Ironical. Think you that God will be persuaded by such polluted gifts to be gracious to you? Far from it.

this hath been by your means - literally, “hand.” These contemptible offerings are your doing, as being the priests mediating between God and the people; and think you, will God pay any regard to you (compare Mal 1:8, Mal 1:10)? “Accept thy person” (“face”), Mal 1:8, answers to “regard your persons,” in this verse.