CRITICAL NOTES.] The charge is still urged against the priests, who are warned if they do not reform they will be deprived of enjoyments, and made objects of shame. MALACHI 2:2. A] Lit. _the_ curse denounced (Deuteronomy 27:15). HAVE OURSED] Lit. have cursed them severally. The curse has already be... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES. Malachi 2:6.] Levi preserved this fear in office and life. TRUTH] Instruction in the law was in truth. INIQUITY] No injustice was practised in his life, nor was truth perverted by selfishness and self-interest WALKED] Intercourse with God was progressive and confidential. IN PEACE]... [ Continue Reading ]
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 natural consequence of the former” (Malachi 2:13) [_Keil_]. The same course as in previous rebukes ado... [ Continue Reading ]