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Worship as a Chore
The commentaries highlight that the people's sin began with their attitude. They found God's service to be "a weariness" and treated it with contempt ("snuffed at it"). Scholars explain this isn't just about being tired, but about viewing worship as a burdensome chore rather than a privilege. Matthew Henry applies this to us: when we are cold, careless, or distracted in our worship, we are showing the same contempt. True worship must flow from love, not a sense of drudgery.
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Malachi
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18th Century
Theologian
What a weariness! - What an onerous service it is! The service of God is its own reward. If not, it becomes a greater toil, with less reward…
19th Century
Bishop
Said. —Better, say.
And you have snuffed at it. —Better, and you puff at it—that is, tre…
16th Century
Theologian
He pursues the same subject — that the worship of God was despised by them and regarded as almost worthless. We must bear in mind what I have previ…
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17th Century
Pastor
You said also, Behold, what a weariness [is it]? etc.] These are either the words of the priests, saying what a wearisome…
17th Century
Minister
We may each apply to ourselves the charge made here against the priests. Our relationship to God, as our Father and Master, strongly obligates us t…