Malachi 2:15 BSB — MannaFest

Malachi 2:15

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.

BSB

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ASV

And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

KJV

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 of his youth.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Malachi (420)

(v. 13 ff.) And you have done this again, covering the altar of the Lord with tears, weeping and groaning, so that I will no longer look upon your sacrifices or accept anything pleasing from your hands. Yet you ask, 'Why?' Because the Lord has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, whom you have despised, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. Did not one God create us all? Did not one God give us life and breath? And what does one seek, except the seed of God?

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Tertullian

AGAINST MARCION 4.34 (220)

For in the Gospel of Matthew he says, "Whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causes her to commit adultery." He also is deemed equally guilty of adultery who marries a woman put away by her husband. The Creator, however, except on account of adultery, does not put asunder that which he himself joined together, the same Moses in another passage enacting that he who had married after violence to a damsel should thenceforth not have it in his power to put away his wife.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They did not perform their promises to them, but defrauded them of their maintenance or dower, or took in concubines, to share in the affection that was due to their wives only. [3.] They put them away, gave them a bill of divorce, and turned them off, nay, perhaps they did it without the ceremony that the law of Moses prescribed,

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְלֹא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
אֶחָ֣ד	'e.Chad	one	H259 →
עָשָׂ֗ה	'a.Sah	he made	H6213 →
וּשְׁאָ֥ר	u.she.'Ar	and a remnant of	H7605 →
ר֙וּחַ֙	Ru.ach	spirit	H7307 →
ל֔וֹ	lo	to him
וּמָה֙	u.Mah	and what?	H4100 →
הָֽאֶחָ֔ד	ha.'e.Chad	[was] the one	H259 →
מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ	me.va.Kesh	seeking	H1245 →
זֶ֣רַע	Ze.ra'	offspring of	H2233 →
אֱלֹהִ֑ים	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →
וְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙	ve.nish.mar.Tem	and you will take heed	H8104 →
בְּר֣וּחֲכֶ֔ם	be.Ru.cha.Khem	in spirit your	H7307 →
וּבְאֵ֥שֶׁת	u.ve.'E.shet	and with [the] wife of	H802 →
נְעוּרֶ֖יךָ	ne.'u.Rei.kha	youth<s> your	H5271 →
אַל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
יִבְגֹּֽד׃	yiv.God	anyone deal treacherously	H898 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 1:27
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
leads to
- Matthew 19:4
  Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
- Ephesians 2:10
  For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
- Genesis 5:1–2
  This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.
- Mark 10:6
  However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
- Genesis 2:21–25
  So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.
Through
Malachi 2:14
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…
leads to
- Isaiah 54:6
  For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God.
- Ecclesiastes 9:9
  Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your…
- Genesis 31:50
  If you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, although no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.”

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Where the connections lead

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06About Malachi

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Malachi