Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Malachi 2:7
Should keep knowledge — It is this that their office binds them to; it is the duty of all God's people to know his law, but the priest's duty to know it more than others. And they — The people.
Should keep knowledge — It is this that their office binds them to; it is the duty of all God's people to know his law, but the priest's duty to know it more than others. And they — The people.
FOR THE PRIEST’S LIPS SHOULD KEEP KNOWLEDGE - o “He assigns the reason for what he had just said, the law of truth was in his mouth; they had done what it was their duty to do; as in Ecclesiasticus it...
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),
THE PRIEST'S LIPS, &c. This was the first duty of the priests, and was more important than their ceremonial duties. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 10:11.Deuteronomy 17:11; Deuteronomy 33:10). App-...
_For_ And in all this he only fulfilled his duty, _for_such in life and doctrine ought the priest, as the messenger of Jehovah to the people, to be. _messenger_ See Introduction ch. 1. p. 13....
_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...
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...
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...
2:7 seek (e-13) Or 'should seek.' messenger (f-20) _ Malach_ , i.e. messenger or angel....
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...
II. (1-9) The decree against the priests....
Comp. Deuteronomy 33:10. KEEP. — Not as in a repository, but rather, _observe_ (Zechariah 3:7) — _i.e.,_ speak in accordance with the _knowledge_ of God, as revealed in the Law. MESSENGER. — Literall...
כִּֽי ־שִׂפְתֵ֤י כֹהֵן֙ יִשְׁמְרוּ ־דַ֔עַת וְ...
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...
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...
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...
For the priest's (l) lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he [is] the (m) messenger of the LORD of hosts. (l) He is as the treasure house of God's word, and ough...
The angel, viz., the minister and messenger. (Challoner) --- Priests must administer the sacraments, and likewise instruct the people, being God's messengers. (Worthington) --- The Jews were well acqu...
The Prophet is commissioned again in these verses, to follow up his former reproofs. The low and impoverished state of the Church, in the ordinances, which rightly used to lead to Christ, are real ble...
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...
What the Prophet has said of the first priests he extends now to the whole Levitical tribe, and shows that it was a perpetual and unchangeable law as to the priesthood. He had said that Levi had been...
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...
FOR THE PRIEST'S LIPS SHOULD KEEP KNOWLEDGE,.... Or "shall keep knowledge", as the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions; or "do keep knowledge", as the Arabic version; and so the Syriac version, "for...
For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he [is] the messenger of the LORD of hosts. Ver. 7. For the priest's lips should keep knowledge] How else s...
_For the priest's lips should keep knowledge_ Preserve and store up, so as to distribute it. It is his duty to understand the meaning of the law of God: and people ought to resort to him for instructi...
For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, preserving the right understanding of Jehovah among the people as a precious treasure, AND THEY, the people, SHOULD SEEK THE LAW AT HIS MOUTH, to be instru...
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...
Those forementioned excellent priests did so teach, and so live, forasmuch as they did well consider it was their duty to be well acquainted with, and to have a great insight into, the law of God. THE...
Malachi 2:7 lips H8193 priest H3548 keep H8104 (H8799) knowledge H1847 seek H1245 (H8762) law H8451 mouth...
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...
_For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge._ THE PRIEST’S LIPS SHOULD KEEP KNOWLEDGE There exists a broad and general analogy between the priesthood of the Levitical, and the ministry of the evang...
_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. Malachi 2:6.] Levi preserved this fear in office and life. TRUTH] Instruction in the law was in truth. INIQUITY] No injustice was practised in his life, nor was truth perverted by self...
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 Thessalonians 4:8; 2 Chronicles 17:8; 2 Chronicles 17:9; 2 Chronicles 30:22;...
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...