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Verse Malachi 2:15. _AND DID NOT HE MAKE ONE?_] ONE of _each kind_,
Adam and Eve. _Yet had he the residue of the Spirit_; he could have
made millions of pairs, and inspired them all with _living soul...
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AND DID NOT HE - , God, of whom he had spoken as the witness between
man and his wife, “make one,” namely, Adam first, to mark the
oneness of marriage and make it a law of nature, appointing “that
out...
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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...
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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...
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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.,...
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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),
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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...
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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...
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_did not he make one_?] The interpretation of this very difficult
verse follows in the main, though with some variety of detail, one or
other of two lines.
(1) By "one" here Abraham is held to be int...
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_WORDS ALONE WEARY THE LORD - MALACHI 2:15-17:_ God required a godly
seed. Those who are married must nurture their marriage as a part of
their relationship with God. God had all the resources of the...
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AND DID NOT HE MAKE ONE?— Houbigant renders the passage, _And hath
he made thee one flesh and one spirit with her? And what does he
require but a godly seed, and that you may mutually keep your spirit...
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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?...
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And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And
wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to
your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife...
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2:15 [them]? (a-6) Or 'did he not make [them] one thing?' one? (b-18)
Or 'one thing.' The application of this passage to Abraham, which some
insist on, is not to be admitted....
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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...
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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...
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These are two very difficult verses, which should perhaps, be rendered
as follows: —
_For did He not make_ [man and his wife, Genesis 2:24] _one? and has
he_ [the husband] _any superiority of spirit_...
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(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...
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וְ לֹא ־אֶחָ֣ד עָשָׂ֗ה וּ שְׁאָ֥ר
ר֨וּחַ֙
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_His spirit. Eve received a soul from God, like Adam. Hebrew, "One (
Abraham, Chaldean styled one, Ezechiel xxxiii. 24.) did it not, and he
had the," &c. Septuagint vary. The text is very obscure. (Ca...
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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...
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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...
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There is in this verse some obscurity, and hence it has been that no
interpreter has come to the meaning of the Prophet. The Rabbins almost
all agree that Abraham is spoken of here. Were we to receive...
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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...
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AND DID NOT HE MAKE ONE?.... That is, did not God make one man, and
out of his rib one woman? did he not make man, male and female? did he
not make one pair, one couple, only Adam and Eve, whom he joi...
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And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And
wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to
your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife...
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Mal. 2:15. "And did he not make one? Yet had he the residue of the
Spirit." He made them one flesh, their bodies are each other's; but
the rest (or residue), which is the Spirit, God reserves for hims...
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_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...
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And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit,
literally, "And not one acted so who still had a particle of reason,"
that is, this manner of acting was unknown among men of reason. Of...
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AGAINST DIVORCES AND MARRIAGES WITH HEATHEN WIVES...
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Malachi 2:15; Malachi 2:15
residue:
Or, excellency
Malachi 2:15; Malachi 2:15
a godly seed:
_ Heb._ a seed
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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...
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AND DID HE, God our Creator, not make one, but one man and one woman?
YET HAD HE THE RESIDUE OF THE SPIRIT; yet he could have made more men
and women; and if it had been good, and well-pleasing to him...
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Malachi 2:15 make H6213 (H8804) one H259 remnant H7605 Spirit H7307
one H259 seeks H1245 (H8764) godly...
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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...
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SPIRIT
Summary of the Old Testament doctrine of the Holy Spirit:
(1) The personality and Deity of the Holy Spirit appear from the
attributes ascribed to Him, and from His works.
(2) He is revealed...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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MALACHI—NOTE ON MALACHI 2:15 MAKE THEM ONE recalls Adam and Eve’s
marriage (Genesis 2:24). The Lord intends marriage to produce godly
offspring
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 7:14; 1 Corinthians 7:2; 1 Timothy 3:11; 1 Timothy 3:12;...
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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...
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One — But one man, and one woman. Yet — Yet he could have made
more. Wherefore one — One couple, and no more. A godly seed — A
holy seed born to God in chaste wedlock, and bred as they were born,
in t...