And if you offer the blind for a sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto your governor; will he be pleased with you, or accept your person?
says the LORD of hosts.
All Commentaries on Malachi 1:8 Go To Malachi 1
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Lame. The victims must be without defect, Leviticus xxii. 21. Those of the Jews were also rendered inadmissible by their evil dispositions, Aggeus ii. 14. It is surprising, that after such scourges they should not have been more upon their guard. The negligence of the sacred ministers, is a sure sign of faith being extinct. (Calmet)
Pagans often thus treated their idols. (Clement of Alexandria, Strom. vi.)
Prince: the governor sent by the Persians. If you dare not make such presents to men of eminence, how shall I accept them? (Calmet)
How dare you offer them to me? (Worthington)