Malachi accuses the priests of profaning God’s table by treating it as contemptible Malachi 1:12. They say the food is despised and bring what is taken by violence, lame, or sick Malachi 1:12–13. God calls this offering unacceptable Malachi 1:13.
In Malachi 1:12–13, Yahweh accuses the people—especially those handling offerings—of treating his altar-table as something contaminated and not worth respect. Their contempt shows up in two ways: in what they say (“it’s polluted,” “its food is contemptible,” “what a weariness”), and in what they do (bringing stolen, lame, or sick animals). These verses sit inside a larger rebuke aimed at the community’s worship life, beginning with a direct charge against priests for dishonoring Yahweh’s name (Malachi 1:6).
These verses describe worship being treated as cheap and irritating rather than weighty and honorable. The text ties together speech and practice: they say the LORD’s table is “polluted” and its food “contemptible,” and they also act accordingly by bringing animals that are unfit or wrongly obtained.
A careful answer keeps the immediate passage, the book's argument, and the whole-Bible storyline together, so the question is answered in context instead of as a detached idea.
Start with Malachi 1:12, then read the surrounding section so the answer stays connected to the passage's flow.
12But you profane it, in that you say, The table of Yahweh is polluted, and the fruit of it, even its food, is contemptible.