Passage
And if yee offer the blinde for sacrifice, it is not euill: and if ye offer the lame and sicke, it is not euill: offer it nowe vnto thy prince: will he be content with thee, or accept thy person, saieth the Lord of hostes?
Malachi 1:8 (GNV)
Nearby Context
Malachi 1:6 A sonne honoureth his father, and a seruant his master. If then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my feare, sayth the Lord of hostes vnto you, O Priestes, that despise my Name? and yee say, Wherein haue we despised thy Name?
Malachi 1:7 Ye offer vncleane bread vpon mine altar, and you say, Wherein haue we polluted thee? In that ye say the table of the Lord is not to be regarded.
Malachi 1:8 And if yee offer the blinde for sacrifice, it is not euill: and if ye offer the lame and sicke, it is not euill: offer it nowe vnto thy prince: will he be content with thee, or accept thy person, saieth the Lord of hostes?
Malachi 1:9 And nowe, I pray you, pray before God, that he may haue mercie vpon vs: this hath beene by your meanes: will hee regard your persons, sayth the Lord of hostes?
Malachi 1:10 Who is there euen among you, that would shut the doores? and kindle not fire on mine altar in vaine, I haue no pleasure in you, sayeth the Lord of hostes, neither will I accept an offering at your hande.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "offer", "blinde", "sacrifice", "euill", "lame", and "sicke". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "offer" and "blinde", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 7's "Ye offer vncleane bread vpon mine altar..." into verse 9's "And nowe I pray you pray before...", so "offer" and "blinde" belong inside that flow. In Malachi context, the local focus is covenant faithfulness, priestly corruption, divine justice, and the coming day of the LORD.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "offer" and "blinde" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.