false sacrifices

Malachi 1:6-8 ESV “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. But you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’ By offering polluted food upon my...

The Lord is speaking to his adulterous and rebellious people here. He brought them up, but they have rebelled against him. Although they claim to know him, they don’t really understand him. They are weighed down with sin, and they deal corruptly. They have forsaken the Lord, and they have...