Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and spread dung on your faces, the dung of your offerings, and you shall be taken away with it.
The priests cannot evade their guilt by blaming the people's coldness. They were appointed to teach the right way; when they dissembled, their silence was consent, and they robbed God's people of His fear, letting spurious sacrifices corrupt the whole worship. The command falls on them first.
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Commenting on Malachi 2:1-17
If priests had taught the people sound doctrine, the people would have brought better offerings. The blame for corrupted sacrifice traces back to corrupted teaching. Ministers of God's Word are under God's government and answerable to Him for what they teach and what they permit.
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Commenting on Malachi 2:1-9
God threatens to corrupt the very seed they sow so it will not grow, and to spread the dung of their sacrificial beasts upon their faces in utter contempt. Their feasts and offerings, far from being acceptable to Him, shall be turned to their shame and confusion for their sins.
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