Malachi 1:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Now comes a thunder-clap from heaven against sinners, who were before reproved. Cursed be the deceiver; the hypocrite, that doth deceive man, and would deceive God; the false heart, that intends one thing and pretends another, would seem to offer a sacrifice of the best, but puts God off with the worst. A male; a perfect male, such as God requireth and accepteth. Voweth: in vows God required very perfect and unblemished offerings, Leviticus 22:18,19; but there are jugglers that vow corrupt things, when they have what is perfect, and should vow that. And sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing; solemnly sacrificeth the worst, wholly unfit for acceptance. Any thing but the best we have is this corrupt thing, for the best we have is justly commanded, and that only is acceptable to the Lord. I am a great King; very full of majesty, and therefore will by no means be slighted. My name is dreadful among the heathen: heathens reverence this name, and will do so when converted, and you Jews ought not to undervalue it. Now comes a thunder-clap from heaven against sinners, who were before reproved. Cursed be the deceiver; the hypocrite, that doth deceive man, and would deceive God; the false heart, that intends one thing and pretends another, would seem to offer a sacrifice of the best, but puts God off with the worst. A male; a perfect male, such as God requireth and accepteth. Voweth: in vows God required very perfect and unblemished offerings, Leviticus 22:18,19; but there are jugglers that vow corrupt things, when they have what is perfect, and should vow that. And sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing; solemnly sacrificeth the worst, wholly unfit for acceptance. Any thing but the best we have is this corrupt thing, for the best we have is justly commanded, and that only is acceptable to the Lord. I am a great King; very full of majesty, and therefore will by no means be slighted. My name is dreadful among the heathen: heathens reverence this name, and will do so when converted, and you Jews ought not to undervalue it.