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Malachi 1:14

King James Version (KJV)

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But cursed [be] the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I [am] a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name [is] dreadful among the heathen.

Malachi 1:14 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Malachi 1:14

Theological / Devotional

Cursed. Divine judgment will descend upon him who, having an acceptable “male” sacrificial victim, offers instead a “corrupt,” that is, a blemished, sacrifice (see Lev. 3:1,6).

Dreadful. Heb. nora\ from the verb yarm’, “to fear” (see on Ps. 19:9). “Dreadful” is used here with the meaning “regarded with reverence and fear.”

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