Malachichapter 2
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A.The covenant with Levi: life and peace, now despisedvv. 1-9
1 “And now this decree is for you, O priests: 2 If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart. 3 Behold, I will rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it. 4 Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts. 5 “My covenant with him was one of life and peace, which I gave to him; it called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name. 6 True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity. 7 For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts. 8 But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts. 9 “So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”
B.Judah married the daughter of a foreign godvv. 10-12
10 Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers? 11 Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god. 12 As for the man who does this, may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who is awake and aware—even if he brings an offering to the LORD of Hosts.
C.Tears on the altar: the LORD hates putting awayvv. 13-17
13 And this is another thing you do: You cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and groaning, because He no longer regards your offerings or receives them gladly from your hands. 14 Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. 15 Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth. 16 “For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith. 17 You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”
Chapter summary
The charge against the priesthood, measured against the covenant with Levi, in whose mouth 'the law of truth' was found and who 'turned many away from iniquity', because 'the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts' (2:7).
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Chapter summary
The charge against the priesthood, measured against the covenant with Levi, in whose mouth 'the law of truth' was found and who 'turned many away from iniquity', because 'the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts' (2:7).
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The charge against the priesthood, measured against the covenant with Levi, in whose mouth 'the law of truth' was found and who 'turned many away from iniquity', because 'the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts' (2:7). These priests have turned aside and caused many to stumble. Then the second treachery, in the home: 'Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother?' They flood the altar with tears while divorcing the wives of their youth, and God sought a godly seed. 'For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah' (2:16).
Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.
Context
Prophecy · Malachi — Malachi overview
- A. 1–9 The covenant with Levi: life and peace, now despised
- B. 10–12 Judah married the daughter of a foreign god
- C. 13–17 Tears on the altar: the LORD hates putting away
Top cross-references8 chapters ▾
Malachi 24 verses
- Malachi 2:9“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”
- Malachi 2:11Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.
- Malachi 2:14Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
- Malachi 2:15Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
- Read Malachi 2 →
Revelation 142 verses
- Revelation 14:5And no lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.
- Revelation 14:7And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.”
- Read Revelation 14 →
2 Timothy 22 verses
- 2 Timothy 2:15Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.
- 2 Timothy 2:24And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.
- Read 2 Timothy 2 →
Nehemiah 132 verses
- Nehemiah 13:23In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
- Nehemiah 13:29Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
- Read Nehemiah 13 →
4 more chapters this one speaks with
Matthew 192 verses
- Matthew 19:3Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
- Matthew 19:4Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
- Read Matthew 19 →
Mark 102 verses
- Mark 10:2Some Pharisees came to test Him. “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” they inquired.
- Mark 10:6However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
- Read Mark 10 →
Luke 171 verse
- Luke 17:18Was no one found except this foreigner to return and give glory to God?”
- Read Luke 17 →
Psalms 691 verse
- Psalms 69:22May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
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Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.