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Malachi 1:13

Malachi 1:13 say H559 (H8804) weariness H4972 sneer H5301 (H8689) Says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 bring H935 (H8689) stolen H1497 (H8803) lame H6455 sick H2470 (H8802) bring H935 (H8689) offering H4503 accept H7521 (H8799) hand H3027 Says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068

Behold - 1 Samuel 2:29; Isaiah 43:22; Amos 8:5; Micah 6:3; Mark 14:4-5, Mark 14:37-38

and ye have snuffed at it - or, whereas ye might have blown it away

torn - Malachi 1:7-8; Leviticus 22:8, Leviticus 22:19-23; Deuteronomy 15:21; Ezekiel 4:14, Ezekiel 44:31

should I accept - Malachi 2:13; Isaiah 1:12, Isaiah 57:6; Jeremiah 7:9-11, Jeremiah 7:21-24; Amos 5:21-23; Zechariah 7:5-6; Matthew 6:1-2, Matthew 6:5, Matthew 6:16

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WHAT A WEARINESS! - What an onerous service it is! The service of God is its own reward. If not, it becomes a greater toil, with less reward from this earth, than the things of this earth. Our only ch...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Charles Box Commentaries

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    What a weariness — What a toil and drudgery to observe every point of the law. This — With such minds snuffing at my service, and with such sacrifices, unfit for mine altar....

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