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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Malachi 2:1

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 away their former ones, Zechariah 2:13; and for impiety, Zechariah 2:17. This commandment; either this which he had already minded them of about the sacrifices, what ought to be offered and what refused; if the people brought defective sheep or oxen, they who were priests ought not to have admitted, they ought not to have offered them upon God's altar: or this commandment he now brings from God to them, and which is contained in this chapter. Is for you; by especial direction it is sent to you, and look to it that you obey it.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    PRIESTS.. THIS COMMANDMENT. As to reformation....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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.)...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    II. (1-9) The decree against the priests....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ עַתָּ֗ה אֲלֵיכֶ֛ם הַ מִּצְוָ֥ה הַ זֹּ֖את

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _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 t...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    CONCLUSION OF THE REBUKE TO THE PRIESTS...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Malachi 2:1 priests H3548 commandment H4687 Malachi 1:6; Jeremiah 13:13;...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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