“Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Armies, “neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 10. Gratis? Are you not well paid? Why then perform you not your duty exactly? Calmet.—Septuagint “Wherefore also among you shall the doors be shut, and my altar is not enkindled for nought,” ( Bible.) as if God menaced the Jews with the rejection of the temple, as the sequel does. Calmet.—Pleasure. Many other prophets had foretold the reprobation of the synagogue, but none more plainly. The reason is also assigned, that is the ingratitude and repeated sins of the people, on which account the Gentiles of all countries shall be chosen. Worthington.