You say also, ‘Behold, what a weariness it is!’ And you have sniffed at it”, says the LORD of Armies; “and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this at your hand?” says the LORD.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 13. Behold of our labour, and so forth You pretended labour and weariness, when you brought your offering; and so made it of no value, by offering it with an evil mind. Moreover, what you offered was both defective in itself, and gotten by rapine and extortion. Challoner.—These were two defects. Worthington.—Hebrew “what fatigue, or if we change one letter, and read ( Calmet.) mothlaé, ( Bible.) it stinks, and you.” and so forth Some copies of Septuagint Arab. and so forth “I blew them away,” with disgust.—Rapine. Sirach 34:24.—Offering. Mincha, verse 11. Calmet.—Such victims and presents as are lame or strange, are rejected. Pliny viii. 45.
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.