George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Malachi 2:2
Blessings, riches. The priests also blessed the people, Numbers vi. 23. (Calmet)
Blessings, riches. The priests also blessed the people, Numbers vi. 23. (Calmet)
Verse Malachi 2:2. _IF YE WILL NOT HEAR_] What I have spoken, _lay it to_ _heart_, and let it sink down into your souls. _GIVE GLORY UNTO MY NAME_] That _honour_ that is due to me as a _Father_, and...
IF YE WILL NOT LAY TO HEART - , namely, the rebukes addressed to them, “to give glory to God.” For the glory of God is the end and aim of the priesthood. This should be the principle and rule of their...
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),
IF YE WILL NOT HEAR. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:14.Deuteronomy 28:15; Deuteronomy 28:15). App-92. MY NAME. See note on...
_a curse_ Rather, THE CURSE, as R.V. See Deuteronomy 27:26; Deuteronomy 28:15. _your blessings_ i.e. the good gifts which I have bestowed upon you. Comp. Psalms 69:22 [Heb. 23]....
_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...
DISCOURSE: 1270 REPENTANCE GLORIFYING GOD Malachi 2:2. _If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you...
I WILL EVEN SEND A CURSE UPON YOU— _I will send a famine upon you._ The last clause should be rendered, _Yea, I will therefore curse them_ [that is to say, the blessings], _because you do not repent....
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...
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed th...
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...
II. (1-9) The decree against the priests....
HEAR... LAY TO HEART — viz., the warning of Malachi 1:6. YOUR BLESSINGS. — Some take this as meaning the priests’ tithes, atonement money, and their portions of the sacrifices, in accordance with a co...
אִם ־לֹ֣א תִשְׁמְע֡וּ וְ אִם ־לֹא֩ תָשִׂ֨ימוּ
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...
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay [it] to heart, to give glory (b) unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your (c) blessings: yea, I have...
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...
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...
He then adds, _If ye will not hear nor lay it to heart to give glory to my name_, _etc_. He seems here to threaten the priests alone; and yet if any one carefully considers the whole passage, he will...
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...
IF YE WILL NOT HEAR,.... The commandment enjoined them; or the Gospel preached to them by Christ, and his apostles: AND IF YE WILL NOT LAY [IT] TO HEART TO GIVE GLORY TO MY NAME, SAITH THE LORD OF HO...
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay [it] to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed t...
_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...
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay It to heart, if they persisted in their callousness over against His commands, TO GIVE GLORY UNTO MY NAME, SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, by a worship in agreemen...
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...
IF YE WILL NOT HEAR: this _if_ to the prophet was dubious, but to God, who sent the prophet, it was not doubtful; but it was for monition to the priests and Jews, and implied a condition of mercy if t...
Malachi 2:2 hear H8085 (H8799) take H7760 (H8799) heart H3820 give H5414 (H8800) glory H3519 name...
CURSE Compare (Deuteronomy 28:3) and (Deuteronomy 28:15). Israel's distinctive blessings should turn to curses....
Malachi 2:2 As we think upon this text, we can discern two different shades of sense in which we may understand it. We see two ways in which a blessing may be cursed. I. Blessings may be said to be c...
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...
_I will curse your blessings._ BLESSINGS ABUSED BECOME A CURSE Taking into view the whole of the intelligent creation, and the extent of the duration to which it is destined, the curse of God on thes...
_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...
MALACHI—NOTE ON MALACHI 2:2 Since the priests failed to guard the temple’s purity, the Lord threatens to punish them. Because they “despised” (Malachi 1:6) the Lord’s NAME
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...
1 Peter 4:11; Deuteronomy 28:15; Deuteronomy 28:16; Deuteronomy 28:53;...
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...
I have cursed them — I have already sent out the curse, and it is in part upon you....