Malachi 1:13 (YLT)

Passage

And ye have said, `Lo, what a weariness,' And ye have puffed at it, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have brought in plunder, And the lame and the sick, And ye have brought in the present! Do I accept it from your hand? said Jehovah.

Nearby Context

Malachi 1:11 For, from the rising of the sun to its going in, Great <FI>is<Fi> My name among nations, And in every place perfume is brought nigh to My name, and a pure present, For great <FI>is<Fi> My name among nations, Said Jehovah of Hosts.

Malachi 1:12 And ye are polluting it in your saying, `The table of Jehovah--it is polluted, As to its fruit--despicable is its food.'

Malachi 1:13 And ye have said, `Lo, what a weariness,' And ye have puffed at it, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have brought in plunder, And the lame and the sick, And ye have brought in the present! Do I accept it from your hand? said Jehovah.

Malachi 1:14 And cursed <FI>is<Fi> a deceiver, who hath in his drove a male, And is vowing, and is sacrificing a marred thing to the Lord, For a great king <FI>am<Fi> I, said Jehovah of Hosts, And My name <FI>is<Fi> revered among nations!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "weariness", "puffed", "jehovah", "hosts", "brought", and "plunder". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "weariness", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "And ye are polluting it in your..." into verse 14's "And cursed FI is Fi a deceiver...", so "said" and "weariness" 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 "said" and "weariness" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.