Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Malachi 2:14
The wife of thy covenant — To whom thou art so firmly bound, that while she continues faithful, thou canst not be loosed.
The wife of thy covenant — To whom thou art so firmly bound, that while she continues faithful, thou canst not be loosed.
Verse Malachi 2:14. _YE SAY, WHEREFORE?_] Is the Lord angry with us? Because ye have been _witness_ of the _contract_ made between the parties; and when the lawless husband divorced _his wife, the wi...
AND YE SAY, WHEREFORE? - They again act the innocent, or half-ignorant. What had they to do with their wives’ womanly tears? He who knows the hearts of all was Himself the witness between them and the...
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),
WHEREFORE? Supply the _Ellipsis:_ "Wherefore [doth He not accept it]? " COMPANION. consort, or mate....
_hath been witness_ Comp. Genesis 31:50. _of thy covenant_ To the tender recollection of "the kindness of youth and the love of espousals" (Jeremiah 2:2), and the binding force of years since spent to...
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 PAIN CAUSED BY SIN - MALACHI 2:13-14:_ Malachi wrote, "And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not th...
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?...
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant....
THE WIFE OF THY YOUTH] i.e. the wife married in youth. The evil here denounced is the divorce of an old wife in favour of a younger woman. THE WIFE OF THY COVENANT] The thought that there is a solemn...
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...
(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...
Again with supercilious surprise they ask, “Wherefore?” WITNESS. — Comp. Genesis 31:49 : “The LORD _watch between me and thee,_ when we are absent one from another. If thou shalt afflict my daughters,...
וַ אֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם עַל ־מָ֑ה עַ֡ל כִּי ־יְהוָה֩
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...
Yet ye say, (s) Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet [is] she thy (t) companion, and the wife of thy (u...
CHAPTER II. _ Covenant. The order established at first, Genesis ii. 24., and Proverbs ii. 17. The parties promised fidelity to each other._...
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 tells us here as before how prone the priests were to make a clamor, and it is a very common thing with hypocrites immediately to set up a shield to cover their vices whenever they are rep...
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...
YET YE SAY, WHEREFORE?.... What is the meaning of the women covering the altar with tears? as if they knew not what was the reason of it, when they were so notoriously guilty of breach of covenant wit...
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet [is] she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant....
_Yet ye say, Wherefore_ Ye will, perhaps, still inquire wherefore God regards not your offerings; if so, the answer is ready, namely, _because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of t...
AGAINST DIVORCES AND MARRIAGES WITH HEATHEN WIVES...
Yet ye say, apparently surprised that the Lord should repudiate their prayers, WHEREFORE? BECAUSE THE LORD HATH BEEN WITNESS BETWEEN THEE AND THE WIFE OF THY YOUTH, every true marriage being entered i...
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...
YET YE SAY, WHEREFORE? though the fault was so great in the nature of it, and so notorious in the evidence of it, these impudent sinners will not see, but dispute what just cause God hath to reject th...
Malachi 2:14 say H559 (H8804) reason H4100 LORD H3068 witness H5749 (H8689) wife H802 youth H5271 treacherously...
YHWH'S CAUSE AGAINST THE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ACCUSE HIM OF NOT HEEDING THEIR PRAYERS AND BECAUSE THEY HAVE DIVORCED THEIR FIRST WIVES (MALACHI 2:13). He also points out that while the people profess t...
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...
_Between thee and the wife of thy youth._ MARRIAGE I. As a social compact. “She is thy wife,” here is the peculiarity of the relation. It is the fountain of humanity in its perpetuation, and the sour...
_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...
MALACHI—NOTE ON MALACHI 2:13 Israel was distressed because God refused to accept their offerings, as evidenced by his not blessing them. Malachi explains that God was acting as a witness against husba...
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 Samuel 12:5; Ecclesiastes 9:9; Ezekiel 16:8; Genesis 2:18; Genesi
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...