Malachi 2:1
PRIESTS.. THIS COMMANDMENT. As to reformation.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRIESTS.. THIS COMMANDMENT. As to reformation.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF YE WILL NOT HEAR. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:14.Deuteronomy 28:15; Deuteronomy 28:15). App-92. MY NAME. See note on Psalms 20:1. THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Malachi 1:4. SAITH. hath said, SEND. CURSE. send the curse. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:20). App-92. CURSE YOU... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_ App-6. CORRUPT. rebuke; as in Malachi 3:11.Psalms 106:9; Isaiah 17:13. Hebrew gaar. Occurs fourteen times. Always rendered rebuke" except here, and Jeremiah 29:27 ("reproved"). DUNG. refuse; always sacrificial. Occurs seven times. FEASTS. Put by Figure of spe... [ Continue Reading ]
BE. contiuue.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY COVENANT WAS WITH HIM. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 25:10.Deuteronomy 33:8; Deuteronomy 33:9; Deuteronomy 33:10). App-92. I GAVE THEM, &c.:. gave this "life" and "peace" to him [Levi] as an awe-inspiring, reverend characteristic; because he stood in awe of Me. There seems to be. distinct ref... [ Continue Reading ]
IN HIS MOUTH: i.e. for teaching. AND INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'aval._ App-44. FROM INIQUITY, Hebrew. _avah._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
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-92. KNOWLEDGE: i.e. esp. of the law. THEY: i.e. the People; according to Deuteronomy 17:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
CORRUPTED. made void.... [ Continue Reading ]
PEOPLE. peoples: i.e. the tribes. ACCORDING AS. because, or, in so far as. BEEN PARTIAL. had respect of persons. Compare James 2:4. IN. in [administering) the law.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVE WE NOT ALL. CREATED US?. [Ye say] Have we not, &c. as in Malachi 2:14 Figure of speech _Paroemia_. See John 8:33 Joh 39:41 &c. GOD. Hebrew. _El_. TREACHEROUSLY: or, faithlessly. Used of faithlessness to the marriage bond. EVERY MAN. Hebrew. _ish_. App-14. HOLINESS. Holy Place, or Sanctuary.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Malachi 1:7; Malachi 1:8; Malachi 1:11; Malachi 3:3. App-43. OFFERING. a meal-offering. Hebrew. _mi... [ Continue Reading ]
TEARS... WEEPING... CRYING OUT: i.e. of the wronged wives and children.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE? Supply the _Ellipsis:_ "Wherefore [doth He not accept it]? " COMPANION. consort, or mate.... [ Continue Reading ]
Modern critics pronounce this as being "a difficult and certainly corrupt passage"; but it is only elliptical. MAKE ONE?. make [of twain] one flesh? Ref to Pentateuch (Genesis 2:24). App-92. YET HAD HE, &c. And therefore could have made more than one wife for Adam. SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR, &c.. For [as] hating putting away, hath Jehovah, Israel's God, spoken; and [as hating him that] hath carried violence concealed in his clothing, hath Jehovah Sabaioth spoken, therefore, &c. GOD. Heh. _Elohim_. App-4. SAITH. hath said. THAT HE HATETH, &c.. I hate. PUTTING AWAY. divorce. Refe... [ Continue Reading ]
SAY. have said. EVERY ONE, &c. Some codices read "All who do wrong are", &c. EVIL. violence. Hebrew. _ra_. _a._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]