Malachi 1:12

1:12 “But you are profaning it by saying that the table of the Lord is common and its offerings 1  despicable.

Malachi 3:4

3:4 The offerings 2  of Judah and Jerusalem 3  will be pleasing to the Lord as in former times and years past.

1 tn Heb “fruit.” The following word “food” in the Hebrew text (אָכְלוֹ, ’okhlo) appears to be an explanatory gloss to clarify the meaning of the rare word נִיב (niv, “fruit”; see Isa 57:19 Qere; נוֹב, nov, “fruit,” in Kethib). Cf. ASV “the fruit thereof, even its food.” In this cultic context the reference is to the offerings on the altar.

2 tn Or “gift.”

3 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.