Malachi 1:12

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

"But you profane it by saying of the Lord’s table, ‘It is defiled’, and of its food, ‘It is contemptible.’

"But you are profaning it, in that you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is to be despised.’

"But you dishonor my name with your actions. By bringing contemptible food, you are saying it’s all right to defile the Lord’s table.

"All except you. Instead of honoring me, you profane me. You profane me when you say, 'Worship is not important, and what we bring to worship is of no account,'

But you make it unholy by saying, The Lord’s table has become unclean, and his food is of no value.

But you profane it when you say that the Lord’s table is polluted, and the food for it may be despised.

"But you profane it, In that you say, ‘The table of the LORD is defiled; And its fruit, its food, is contemptible.’

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

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.