Priests. Such, hoarding up riches, dishonour God and his sacraments, as if they were temporal things to be purchased, and so they scandalize the weak. It would be well for them if they were reduced to poverty, (ver. 2.) and would repent, as they will otherwise be deprived of eternal goods, having received their wages in this world, like hirelings, John x. (Worthington)
CHAPTER II _The priests reproved for their unfaithfulness in their office,_ _for which they are threatened to be deprived of their share of_ _the sacrifice, (the shoulder,) and rewarded only with i...
AND NOW THIS IS MY COMMANDMENT UNTO YOU - , not a commandment, which He gave them, but a commandment in regard to them. As God said of old, upon obedience , “I will command My blessing unto you,” so n...
THE REBUKE OF THE PRIESTS CHAPTER 1:6-2:9 The priests, the religious leaders of the people, are described first in their evil ways, and rebuked. But the rebuke includes the entire people, for it is t...
MALACHI 1:6 TO MALACHI 2:16. ISRAEL'S DISREGARD OF THIS LOVE. This section falls into two parts, one dealing with the priesthood (Malachi 1:6 to Malachi 2:9),
PRIESTS.. THIS COMMANDMENT. As to reformation....
Malachi 2:1-9. Threatened Punishment of the Priests 1. _O ye priests_ The discourse turns again in direct appeal to the priests. The exact order of the words is emphatic: _And now, for you is this co...
_THIS COMMANDMENT IS FOR YOU - MALACHI 2:1-6:_ The priests must accept and respect God's commandments. These teachings applied to them just as they applied to the people. The priests had not done well...
THIS COMMANDMENT IS FOR YOU— _This decree is for you,_ or, _this is decreed concerning you;_ for here is no commandment given to the priest, only punishment is denounced upon them, if they do not repe...
ISRAEL IS UNFAITHFUL. Malachi 1:6 to Malachi 2:9 RV. A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master; if then I am a father, whereis mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehov...
And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. AND NOW, O YE PRIESTS, THIS COMMANDMENT IS FOR YOU. The priests in particular are reproved, as their part was to have led the people aright, and...
2 The Degeneracy of the Priesthood 1. A reminder to the priests that they are to blame for the laxity denounced in Malachi 1:13; Malachi 1:14. They are responsible for the offering of fit victims, w...
MY *MESSENGER MALACHI _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 2 V1 ‘And now, priests, this command is for you. V2 If you do not listen (to me)’ says the *LORD of Everything, ‘then I will send a *curse on you...
COMMANDMENT. — Better, _decree._ (Comp. the use of the verb from which this substantive is derived in Nahum 1:14; Psalms 7:6; Psalms 42:8.)...
II. (1-9) The decree against the priests....
וְ עַתָּ֗ה אֲלֵיכֶ֛ם הַ מִּצְוָ֥ה הַ זֹּ֖את
3. THE PRIESTHOOD OF KNOWLEDGE Malachi 2:1 In the third section of his book "Malachi" addresses himself to the priests. He charges them not only with irreverence and slovenliness in their discharge o...
Malachi 2:1; Malachi 3:1; Malachi 4:1 PROPHECY WITHIN THE LAW "MALACHI" 1-4 BENEATH this title we may gather all the eight sections of the Book of "Malachi." They contain many things of perennial i...
THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE COVENANT Malachi 2:1-17 As a contrast to the disgraceful attitude which the prophet had described as characteristic of the priesthood, he paints the picture of the noble prie...
In dealing with the priests, he declared their corruption, and indicated the line of their punishment. He charged them with profanity, in that they had despised the name of Jehovah; with sacrilege, in...
And now, O ye (a) priests, this commandment [is] for you. (a) He speaks mainly to them, but under them he includes the people also....
We have an authority in the opening of this message, to refer it to the priests of the Jewish dispensation. But, I think, without violence, though the priests, as leaders in the temple service, are fi...
CONTENTS This Chapter is not unlike the former in the opening of it; but the Prophet is soon led to speak in Jehovah's name of the Lord Jesus, under the character of Levi. The after part is in reproo...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. The Lord has not been pleased to give us much express information of the prophets in general, with the exception of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Daniel, and in a me...
_A CORRUPT PRIESTHOOD_ ‘O ye priests!’ Malachi 2:1 I. In contrast with the disgraceful traits which the prophet had described as characteristic of the priesthood, he proceeds to paint with a few bo...
Though the priests did not sin alone, yet it is not without reason, as we have said, that they were regarded as the first in wickedness; for it was their office to correct what the people did amiss. T...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 4. The prophecy of Malachi deals with the people brought back from the captivity of Babylon, and is most important as shewing the moral condition of...
AND NOW, O YE PRIESTS,.... That despised and profaned the name of the Lord; that suffered such corrupt and illegal sacrifices to be brought and offered up: THIS COMMANDMENT [IS] FOR YOU: of giving gl...
_And now, O ye priests, this commandment [is] for you._ Ver. 1. _And now, O ye priests, &c._] Now, that is, Now again, I must have the other bout with you, besides what I had, Malachi 1:6,11, for as...
_O ye priests, this commandment is for you_ Or _decree_, rather, for properly speaking no commandment is here given to the priests, only punishment is denounced upon them if they did not repent. _If y...
And now, O ye priests, this commandment Is for you, they must be aware of the seriousness of the situation and accept the Lord's rebuke and threat accordingly....
CONCLUSION OF THE REBUKE TO THE PRIESTS...
1-9 What is here said of the covenant of priesthood, is true of the covenant of grace made with all believers, as spiritual priests. It is a covenant of life and peace; it assures all believers of al...
MALACHI CHAPTER 2 The priests are sharply reproved for profaning the covenant which was given them, ZECHARIAH 2:1; and the people for marrying strange wives, ZECHARIAH 2:10, and treacherously putting...
Malachi 2:1 priests H3548 commandment H4687 Malachi 1:6; Jeremiah 13:13;...
CONTENTS: The message to the priests concerning their sins. The evils among the people. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Malachi. CONCLUSION: Woe to those appointed to be God's mouth to the people, but...
Malachi 2:1. _Oh ye priests if ye will not hear the Lord will send a curse upon you._ Sins in the sanctuary are always put among the most grievous sins. Eli's sons lost the ark, the Hebrew priests fil...
_And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you._ SPIRITUAL REFORMATION 1. The nature of the spiritual reformation required. It involves two things, a practical application of the Word of God: a...
CRITICAL NOTES.] The charge is still urged against the priests, who are warned if they do not reform they will be deprived of enjoyments, and made objects of shame. MALACHI 2:2. A] Lit. _the_ curse de...
EXPOSITION MALACHI 2:1 _§ 4. For these derelictions of duty the priests are threatened with punishment._ MALACHI 2:1 THIS COMMANDMENT. The threat or announcement is called a commandment, because Go...
Now He addresses Himself to the priests. And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. And if you will not hear, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD...
Hosea 5:1; Jeremiah 13:13; Lamentations 4:13; Malachi 1:6...
VITAL QUESTIONS Malachi 1:1; Malachi 2:1; Malachi 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Book of Malachi presents questions asked by God. In response, instead of a direct answer, the chosen people, Israel, ask...