Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Malachi 2:12
The master and the scholar — There shall be left neither any to teach nor any to learn. Him that offereth — The priests.
The master and the scholar — There shall be left neither any to teach nor any to learn. Him that offereth — The priests.
Verse Malachi 2:12. _THE MASTER AND THE SCHOLAR_] He who teachers such doctrine, and he who follows this teaching, the Lord will cut off both the one and the other....
THE LORD WILL CUT OFF THE MAN THAT DOETH THIS, THE MASTER AND THE SCHOLAR - , literally “The Lord cut off from the man that doeth this, watcher and answerer.” A proverbial saying apparently, in which...
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),
MAN. _Hebrew. 'ish._ App-14. THE MASTER AND THE SCHOLAR. wakener and answerer. Referring to the Temple watchers (Psalms 134:1). TABERNACLES. tents. OFFERETH. bringeth near. Hebrew. _nagash,_ as in M...
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 man_ Rather, TO THE MAN, as R.V., i.e. out of his family. _the master and the scholar_ Rather, as A.V. margin and R.V., HIM THAT WAKETH AND HIM THAT ANSWERETH. It is a proverbial expression, like...
_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...
THE LORD WILL CUT OFF, &C.— _Whosoever doeth this, the Lord will cut off for him both boy and girl, from the tabernacle of Jacob, that he may not offer an offering,_ &c. Houbigant....
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?...
The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts. THE LORD WILL CUT OFF THE MAN T...
2:12 answereth; (h-21) A circumlocution for 'all.'...
THE MASTER AND THE SCHOLAR] RV 'him that waketh and him that answereth.' A very slight change in the Hebrew gives the better antithesis, 'plaintiff and defendant;' two opposites being frequently used...
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...
THE MAN. — Better, _to the man._ THE MASTER AND THE SCHOLAR. — This is the Talmudic interpretation of the Hebrew expression, which occurs only in this passage, but it is unsuitable (besides being phil...
(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...
יַכְרֵ֨ת יְהוָ֜ה לָ † אִ֨ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יַעֲשֶׂ֨נָּה֙...
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...
The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that (q) offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts. (q) That is, the priest....
_Master. Hebrew, "the watcher, and him who answers," on guard. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "doth such things, till he be tumbled out," &c. --- Him. Septuagint, "and out of those who offer a sacrifice to,...
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 here teaches us, that neither the priests nor the people would go unpunished, because they had mingled with the pollutions of the heathens, and profaned and violated the covenant of God. G...
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...
THE LORD WILL CUT OFF THE MAN THAT DOETH THIS,.... That is guilty of such treachery, wickedness, and idolatry: or "to the man that doeth this" y; all that belong to him, his children and substance: it...
_The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts._ Ver. 12. _The Lord will cut off...
_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...
AGAINST DIVORCES AND MARRIAGES WITH HEATHEN WIVES...
The Lord will cut off the man that doeth this, since it was a profanation of the sacred position of the people, THE MASTER AND THE SCHOLAR, or "the watcher and the answerer,". OUT OF THE TABERNACLES O...
Malachi 2:12; Malachi 2:12 the Master and the scholar: Or, him that waketh and him that answereth...
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...
THE LORD WILL CUT OFF THE MAN THAT DOETH THIS; the family of those who do this shall be destroyed utterly by the hand of God, he will punish this crime. THE MASTER AND THE SCHOLAR; him that calleth an...
Malachi 2:12 LORD H3068 off H3772 (H8686) tents H168 Jacob H3290 man H376 does H6213 (H8799) awake...
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...
_The master and the scholar._ AN INTERESTING RELATIONSHIP Various renderings have been given of these words. The meaning, however, from the context is clear. The leaders of the people were causing th...
_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 Chronicles 25:8; 1 Samuel 15:22; 1 Samuel 15:23; 1 Samuel 2:31;...
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...