Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Malachi 2:5
With him — With Levi. Peace — Of long life, and prosperous, assured to the Levites in their due ministrations before God. Before my name — Behaved himself with reverence before God.
With him — With Levi. Peace — Of long life, and prosperous, assured to the Levites in their due ministrations before God. Before my name — Behaved himself with reverence before God.
Verse Malachi 2:5. _MY COVENANT WAS WITH HIM OF LIFE AND PEACE_] These are the _two_ grand blessings given to men by the NEW _Covenant_, which was shadowed by the OLD. To man, excluded from the favou...
MY COVENANT WAS WITH HIM LIFE AND PEACE; - literally “the life and the peace;” that, which alone is true “life and peace.” The covenant was not with Levi himself, but with Aaron, his representative, w...
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),
MY COVENANT WAS WITH HIM. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 25:10.Deuteronomy 33:8; Deuteronomy 33:9; Deuteronomy 33:10).
_My covenant_&c. Comp. Numbers 25:12-13; Nehemiah 13:29. for _the fear wherewith he feared me_ Lit. _I gave them_(viz. life and peace: I fulfilled my part of the covenant) _to him_(as) _fear_, (i.e....
_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: 1271 THE MINISTERIAL OFFICE Malachi 2:5. My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name. The law of tr...
MY COVENANT WAS WITH HIM, &C.— Here the word _covenant_ is taken in a good sense; for in this and the two following verses, the nature of the covenant of God with Levi is explained, as in the eighth v...
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...
My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name. He describes the promises, and also the conditions of the cove...
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...
OF LIFE AND PEACE. — Better, _life and peace_ — _i.e._, by it life and peace were guaranteed to him. LIFE in its highest sense. PEACE as the sum total of blessing: the “fruit of the Spirit is love,...
II. (1-9) The decree against the priests....
בְּרִיתִ֣י ׀ הָיְתָ֣ה אִתֹּ֗ו הַֽ חַיִּים֙ וְ...
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...
My (g) covenant was with him of life and peace; and I (h) gave them to him [for] the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before (i) my name. (g) He shows what were the two conditions of the c...
All that is here said of Levi, must be understood only as typical of the Lord Jesus Christ; for never could it be said of any other but Christ, that iniquity was not found in his lips. And though it b...
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 proves more clearly how God violates not his covenant, when he freely rebukes the priests, and exposes also their false attempts in absurdly applying to themselves the covenant of God,...
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...
MY COVENANT WAS WITH HIM OF LIFE AND PEACE,.... Not with Aaron, nor with Phinehas; nor is it to be understood of a covenant, promising temporal life and outward prosperity to either of them; Aaron liv...
My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him [for] the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name. Ver. 5. _My covenant was with him of life and peace_] Now God'...
_My covenant was with him_ The prophet here speaks of the succession of the ancient priests, such as Aaron, Eleazar, Phineas, and their successors, as of one single person, under the name of Levi, (se...
My covenant was with him of life and peace, with the promise of life and peace attached; AND I GAVE THEM, namely, life, deliverance, and salvation, TO HIM FOR THE FEAR WHEREWITH HE FEARED ME, as a rew...
CONCLUSION OF THE REBUKE TO THE PRIESTS...
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...
Here is one covenant that is more particular than any, a covenant of priesthood between God and a particular tribe. WITH HIM: Levi is named ZECHARIAH 2:4, and I will rest there, though I know some wou...
Malachi 2:5 covenant H1285 life H2416 peace H7965 gave H5414 (H8799) fear H4172 feared H3372 (H8799) reverent...
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...
_My covenant was with him of life and peace._ UNSPEAKABLE BLESSINGS The covenant which God made with Levi now belongs to all men. The benign purposes in every ancient covenant find their fulfilment...
_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 2:2 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...
Deuteronomy 33:8; Deuteronomy 33:8; Exodus 32:26; Ezekiel 34:25;...
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...