Malachi 1:10
Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
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Study Note
God's stunning declaration — 'who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts' — expresses divine displeasure with worthless worship in the strongest possible terms. The offer to shut the Temple doors rather than continue with empty ritual reveals that God prefers the cessation of hypocritical worship over its continuation — a position that subverts the assumption that any worship is better than none. Isaiah 1:11-15 and Amos 5:21-24 share this prophetic conviction that unethical worship is an insult, not an offering. The verse prepared the way for the New Testament's critique of Temple worship divorced from covenant obedience and anticipates Jesus' cleansing of the Temple as a prophetic sign.
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Oh that there were one among you that would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle fire on mine altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
Who <FI>is<Fi> even among you, And he shutteth the two-leaved doors? Yea, ye do not kindle Mine altar for nought, I have no pleasure in you, said Jehovah of Hosts, And a present I do not accept of your hand.
If only there was one among you who would see that the doors were shut, so that you might not put a light to the fire on my altar for nothing! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of armies, and I will not take an offering from your hands.
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