Charles Ellicott Commentary Malachi 2:13

"And this again ye do: ye cover the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, neither receiveth it with good will at your hand." — Malachi 2:13 (ASV)

The prophet now rebukes the people for their frivolous divorces of their first wives, which was a natural result of their marriage with heathen women.

And this ... again. —Or perhaps, And this a second thing you do —namely, infidelity to the wife of their youth (Malachi 2:14). But the rendering of the English Version is in accordance with the Hebrew accentuation. That rendering is probably the correct one. It would mean: “And this you do again (Nehemiah 13:0), even after Ezra has reformed the abuse, and you have solemnly undertaken not to act so again” (Nehemiah 9:10).

Covering the altar ... with tears ... and with crying out —that is, with the laments of the Israelite women who were divorced against their will.

Insomuch that. —Or rather, so that.