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You offer polluted bread on my altar. You say, Wherein have we polluted you? In that you say, The table of Yahweh is contemptible.
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The Heart of the Offering
The priests offered flawed sacrifices because their actions revealed a heart of contempt. Commentators note their behavior effectively said, "The table of the Lord is contemptible." They gave God offerings they would never dare give a human governor. This reminds believers that God desires our best in worship, not just our convenient leftovers.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Offering polluted bread upon My altar - This, continuing from the words, “despisers of My Name,” is the answer to their question, “In what w…
19th Century
Anglican
You offer. —Literally, offering.
Bread. —This is not the showbread, which was not offered upon th…
16th Century
Protestant
God had already proved that He had, through many favors, been a Father to the Jews. They must have felt that He had indeed bound them to Himself, p…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You offer polluted bread upon mine altar Which some understand of the shewbread, mention is afterwards made of a "table",…
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…
