Hath profaned — Profanely violated the law, confining Israel to marry within themselves, and not to endanger themselves, by contracting affinity with idolaters. Which he loved — Which he, Judah, once loved. The daughter — Idolatresses. Even tho' they had wives before, whom they now cast off.
Verse Malachi 2:11. _DAUGHTER OF A STRANGE GOD._] Of a man who worships an idol....
TREACHEROUSLY HAS JUDAH DEALT; AN ABOMINATION IS COMMITTED IN ISRAEL - The prophet, by the order of the words, emphasizes the “treachery” and the “abomination.” This have they done; the very contrary...
THE REBUKE OF THE SOCIAL CONDITIONS CHAPTER 2:10-17 The priests were corrupt, and with their bad example the people were likewise corrupt. It is the prophet who speaks in verse 10. The One Father was...
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...
Israel further repudiates Yahweh's love by the common practice of the divorce of native wives (Malachi 2:10; Malachi 2:13) in order to marry foreign women (Malachi 2:11, _cf._ Ezra 9 f.,...
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),
Malachi 2:10-16. Rebuke of the People for Heathen Marriages and Divorce The transition from the former section is less abrupt than at first sight it seems to be. The people at large are now addressed...
_the holiness of the Lord_ Comp. Leviticus 11:44; 1 Thessalonians 4:7. This is better than _sanctuary of the Lord_, R.V. margin. Comp. τὰ ἅγια, LXX. _which he loved_ In like manner Almighty God is sai...
_THEY DEPARTED FROM GOD'S WAY - MALACHI 2:7-12:_ The priests of Malachi's day talked a very religious talk but they did not obey God. The priest should have been faithful to God. They represented Him...
GOD DESPISES INFIDELITY. Malachi 2:10-16 RV. Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?...
Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange...
2:11 sanctuary (g-20) Elsewhere 'holy place' or 'holy thing.'...
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...
For the same collocation of “Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem,” comp. Zechariah 1:19. THE HOLINESS OF THE LORD. — That is, their own “holy nation” (Deuteronomy 7:6; Deuteronomy 14:2; comp....
(10-17) The prophet now rebukes the two great sins of the nation at this time: (1) marriage with idolatresses; (2) divorce of the first (Israelitish) wife. He introduces this rebuke by a general state...
בָּגְדָ֣ה יְהוּדָ֔ה וְ תֹועֵבָ֛ה נֶעֶשְׂתָ֥ה בְ...
4. THE CRUELTY OF DIVORCE Malachi 2:10 In his fourth section, upon his countrymen's frequent divorce of their native wives in order to marry into the influential families of their half-heathen neighb...
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...
Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the (p) daughter of a stra...
_God, or one addicted to idol-worship, (Haydock) which was contrary to the law, Deuteronomy vii. 3. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "the holy things of the Lord, by what he has loved and done for strange god...
These are all so many striking expostulations to the same amount; showing the people, that both in their conduct towards each other in relative and social duties, as well as in their reverence to the...
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...
The Prophet now explains how the Jews departed from the covenant of their fathers, and he exaggerates their sin and says, that abomination was done in Israel; as though he had said, that this perfidy...
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...
JUDAH HATH DEALT TREACHEROUSLY,.... Not only every man against his brother, by being partial in the law; or against the women of their nation, by marrying others; or against their wives, by putting th...
Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange...
_Judah hath profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved_ As if he had said, “This sin,” says Lowth, “implies the profanation of God's holy people, which he set apart for his own worship and servi...
Judah hath dealt treacherously, with a calm disregard of the covenant faithfulness, AND AN ABOMINATION IS COMMITTED IN ISRAEL, throughout the nation, AND IN JERUSALEM, the capital, which should have l...
AGAINST DIVORCES AND MARRIAGES WITH HEATHEN WIVES...
Malachi 2:11; Malachi 2:11 he loved: Or, ought to love...
10-17 Corrupt practices are the fruit of corrupt principles; and he who is false to his God, will not be true to his fellow mortals. In contempt of the marriage covenant, which God instituted, the Je...
JUDAH: though Judah only is named, yet the rest of the returned captives are included. DEALT TREACHEROUSLY: see ZECHARIAH 2:10. AN ABOMINATION; such treachery is a very abominable thing, God and all g...
Malachi 2:11 Judah H3063 treacherously H898 (H8804) abomination H8441 committed H6213 (H8738) Israel H3478 Jerusalem H338
YHWH'S CAUSE AGAINST HIS PEOPLE AS A WHOLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE MARRIED FOREIGN SYNCRETISTIC WIVES (MALACHI 2:10). It should be noted here that Malachi now once again brings not only the priests, but all...
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 hath married the daughter of a strange god._ UNHOLY MARRIAGES The Jews were commanded to keep themselves separate from the heathen nations around them (Deuteronomy 7:2; Deuteronomy 7:4). This wa...
_Have we not all one Father?_ ONE FATHER I. God is not only the Creator, but the common Father of mankind. This relationship implies two things: a resemblance in nature; and the existence of parenta...
_That My covenant might be with Levi._ THE MINISTER OF DIVINE TRUTH I. As he always should be. 1. A man divinely called. 2. A man of profound reverence. 3. A man of moral truthfulness. 4. A man...
MALACHI—NOTE ON MALACHI 2:10 Third Dispute: Why Are the People Faithless in Marriage? Malachi now describes Israel’s infidelity, which dishonors God. Malachi condemns two marital offenses: intermarria...
CRITICAL NOTES. Malachi 2:10.] A fresh section, “the condemnation of marriages with heathen women (Malachi 2:10), and of the frivolous dissolution of marriages with Israelitish women, which was the na...
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 Kings 11:1; 2 Corinthians 6:14; Deuteronomy 14:2; Deuteronomy 33:26;...
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...