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Verse Malachi 2:17. _YE HAVE WEARIED THE LORD_] He has borne with you
so long, and has been provoked so often, that he will bear it no
longer. It is not fit that he should.
_EVERY ONE THAT DOETH EVI...
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YE HAVE WEARIED THE LORD WITH YOUR WORDS - o “By your blasphemous
words, full of unbelief and mistrust, you have in a manner wearied
God. He speaks of God, after the manner of men, as a man afflicted...
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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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MALACHI 2:17 TO MALACHI 3:6. THE COMING OF JUDGMENT. This passage is
addressed to those of the prophet's contemporaries who were so
perplexed by the state of things around them that they had become
sc...
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SAY. have said.
EVERY ONE, &c. Some codices read "All who do wrong are", &c.
EVIL. violence. Hebrew. _ra_. _a._ App-44....
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Malachi 2:17 to Malachi 3:6. Rebuke of the people for profane impiety
17. With another abrupt transition the prophet passes to a new though
cognate subject. The abuses in connection with Divine worshi...
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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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YE HAVE WEARIED THE LORD, &C.— A new discourse begins here, and
these words properly belong to the next chapter, where an answer is
given to the objection proposed. See Malachi 3:2; Malachi 3:5; Malac...
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CHAPTER XLV
THE COMING DAY OF THE LORD
THE LORD WILL SEND A MESSENGER TO PREPARE FOR HIS DAY. Malachi 2:17 to
Malachi 3:6.
RV. Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have
we we...
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Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we
wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the
sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the...
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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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REBUKE OF INFIDELITY. THE ADVENT OF THE LORD FORETOLD (MALACHI 2:17 TO
MALACHI 3:18).
(17) A new section of the prophecy begins with this verse. The prophet
now directs his reproofs against the people...
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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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הֹוגַעְתֶּ֤ם יְהוָה֙ בְּ דִבְרֵיכֶ֔ם
וַ אֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם...
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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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5. "WHERE IS THE GOD OF JUDGMENT?"
Malachi 2:17; Malachi 3:1
In this section "Malachi" turns from the sinners of his people to
those who weary Jehovah with the complaint that sin is successful, or,
a...
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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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_Judgment. Being scandalized at the prosperity of the wicked,
(Haydock) they deny Providence, Psalm lxxii., and Jeremias xii.
(Calmet) --- Yet the wicked are left for wise purposes, either for
their a...
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REFLECTIONS
Reader! while we take part in the just reproaches of Israel, in their
kingdom of priests, in beholding their transgression, and feeling our
own; let us seek relief from the distressing con...
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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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The Prophet here reproves the Jews who expostulated with God in their
adversity, as though he had undeservedly forsaken them, and had not
brought them immediate help. Thus are hypocrites wont to do; u...
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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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YE HAVE WEARIED THE LORD WITH YOUR WORDS,.... As well as with their
actions; see Isaiah 43:24 this is said after the manner of men, they
saying those things which were displeasing and provoking to him...
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Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we
wearied [him]? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil [is] good in the
sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where [is...
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_Ye have wearied the Lord with your words_ You have tired his patience
by your blasphemous speeches, charging his providence with injustice.
_Yet ye say_ Ye persist to say; _Wherein have we wearied hi...
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AGAINST DIVORCES AND MARRIAGES WITH HEATHEN WIVES...
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Ye have wearied the Lord with your words, with their dissatisfied
grumbling over recent events. YET YE SAY, WHEREIN HAVE WE WEARIED HIM?
the same disobedient people again standing out in opposition to...
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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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YE; ye priests and people, slight in your religion toward God.
Unfaithful in your covenant with your wives. HAVE WEARIED THE LORD
(after the manner of man this is spoken of God) with your words; your...
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Malachi 2:17 wearied H3021 (H8689) LORD H3068 words H1697 say H559
(H8804) wearied H3021 (H8689) say...
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OTHER ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL (MALACHI 2:17).
Malachi now briefly add other sins of which they are guilty before
God. No doubt in his oral prophesying he considerably expanded on
the...
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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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_Where is the God of judgment?_
A STARTLING QUESTION
Times of abounding wickedness have been times of unbelief. Evil
hinders the manifestation of God in the world. His laws seem to have
no executive...
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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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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 Samuel 2:3; 2 Peter 3:3; 2 Peter 3:4; Amos 2:13; Deuteronomy 32:4;...
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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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Your words — Your perverse reasoning, and impious quarrellings
against God. Is good — This wicked inference they drew, from their
prosperity in the world. He delighteth in them — As appears (say
these...