Mal 1:10 | NET2full | STEP | “ I wish that one of you would close the temple doors , so that you no longer would light useless fires on my altar . I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies , “and I will no longer accept an offering from you .

‏ Malachi 1:10

10 “I wish that one of you would close the temple doors, ^{▼▼sn The rhetorical language suggests that as long as the priesthood and people remain disobedient, the temple doors may as well be closed because God is not “at home” to receive them or their worship there.} so that you no longer would light useless fires on my altar. I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “and I will no longer accept an offering from you.