Malachi 1:13

“Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness [is it]? etc.] These are either the words of the priests, saying what a wearisome and fatiguing business the temple service was to them, for which they thought they were poorly paid; such as slaying the sacrifices; removing the ashes from the altar; putting the wood in order; kindling the fire, and laying the sacrifice on it: or of the people that brought the sacrifice, who, when they brought a lamb upon their shoulders, and laid it down, said, how weary are we with bringing it, suggesting it was so fat and fleshy; so Kimchi and Abarbinel, to which sense the Targum seems to agree; which paraphrases it, “but if ye say, lo, what we have brought is from…”

“what a weariness is it!--Ye regard God's service as irksome, and therefore try to get it over by presenting the most worthless offerings. Compare Mic 6:3, where God challenges His people to show wherein is the "weariness" or hardship of His service. Also Isa 43:22-24, wherein He shows that it is they who have "wearied" Him, not He who has wearied them. snuffed at--despised. it--the table of the Lord, and the meat on it (Mal 1:12). torn--namely, by beasts, which it was not lawful to eat, much less to offer (Exo 22:31). thus . . . offering--Hebrew, mincha; the unbloody offering of flour, &c. Though this may have been of ordinary ingredients, yet the sacrifices of blemished animals accompanying…”

“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 choice is between love and weariness. And ye have snuffed - (puffed) at it , i. e., at the altar; as a thing contemptible. “Ye, have brought that which was taken by violence.” In despising any positive law of God, they despised the lawgiver; and so, from contempt of the ceremonial law, they went on to break the moral law. It were indeed a mockery of God, to break a law whereby He bound man to man, and therefrom to seek to appease Himself. Yet in rough times, people, even in Christianity, have made…”

“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. Malachi 1:14”

“Behold: Sa1 2:29; Isa 43:22; Amo 8:5; Mic 6:3; Mar 14:4, Mar 14:5, Mar 14:37, Mar 14:38 and ye have snuffed at it: or, whereas ye might have blown it away torn: Mal 1:7, Mal 1:8; Lev 22:8, Lev 22:19-23; Deu 15:21; Eze 4:14, Eze 44:31 should I accept: Mal 2:13; Isa 1:12, Isa 57:6; Jer 7:9-11, Jer 7:21-24; Amo 5:21-23; Zac 7:5, Zac 7:6; Mat 6:1, Mat 6:2, Mat 6:5, Mat 6:16 Malachi 1:14”