Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
For--Since ye Jewish priests and people "despise My name" (Malachi 1:6), I shall find others who will magnify it (Matthew 3:9). Do not think I shall have no worshippers because I have not you; for from the east to the west My name shall be great among the Gentiles (Isaiah 66:19-20), those very peoples whom ye look down upon as abominable.
pure offering--not "the blind, the lame, and the sick," such as ye offer (Malachi 1:8). "In every place," implies the catholicity of the Christian Church (John 4:21, John 4:23; 1 Timothy 2:8). The "incense" is figurative of prayers (Psalms 141:2; Revelation 8:3). "Sacrifice" is used metaphorically (Psalms 51:17; Hebrews 13:10, Hebrews 13:15-16; 1 Peter 2:5, 1 Peter 2:12). In this sense the reference to the Lord's Supper, maintained by many of the fathers, may be admitted; it, like prayer, is a spiritual offering, accepted through the literal offering of the "Lamb without blemish," once for all slain.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Exodus 30:2-4
Isaiah 24:15
Isaiah 56:7
Isaiah 59:19
Isaiah 66:19
Ezekiel 11:16
Zephaniah 2:11
Malachi 1:1
Malachi 1:14
Malachi 3:3
Malachi 3:4
John 4:21-24
1 Corinthians 3:16
1 Timothy 2:8
Revelation 18:13
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