ESV Study Bible | English Standard Version

The Priests' Polluted Offerings

6 g “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am h a father, where is my honor? And if I am i a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. b But you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’ 7 j By offering polluted food upon my altar. b But you say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ By saying that k the Lord's table may be despised.

12 But you profane it when you say that r the Lord's table is polluted, and its fruit, that is, its food may be despised.

14 You have said, i ‘It is vain to serve God. j What is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts?