Malachi 1:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bible Comments

The deceiver — The hypocrite that 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.

Malachi 1:14

14 But cursed be the deceiver, whichd hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.