-
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...
-
_Blessings, riches. The priests also blessed the people, Numbers vi.
23. (Calmet)_...
-
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...
-
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....