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CHAPTER II
_The priests reproved for their unfaithfulness in their office,_
_for which they are threatened to be deprived of their share of_
_the sacrifice, (the shoulder,) and rewarded only with i...
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AND NOW THIS IS MY COMMANDMENT UNTO YOU - , not a commandment, which
He gave them, but a commandment in regard to them. As God said of old,
upon obedience , “I will command My blessing unto you,” so n...
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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 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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PRIESTS..
THIS COMMANDMENT. As to reformation....
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Malachi 2:1-9. Threatened Punishment of the Priests
1. _O ye priests_ The discourse turns again in direct appeal to the
priests. The exact order of the words is emphatic: _And now, for you
is this co...
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_THIS COMMANDMENT IS FOR YOU - MALACHI 2:1-6:_ The priests must accept
and respect God's commandments. These teachings applied to them just
as they applied to the people. The priests had not done well...
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THIS COMMANDMENT IS FOR YOU— _This decree is for you,_ or, _this is
decreed concerning you;_ for here is no commandment given to the
priest, only punishment is denounced upon them, if they do not repe...
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ISRAEL IS UNFAITHFUL. Malachi 1:6 to Malachi 2:9
RV. A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master; if then I am
a father, whereis mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear?
saith Jehov...
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And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
AND NOW, O YE PRIESTS, THIS COMMANDMENT IS FOR YOU. The priests in
particular are reproved, as their part was to have led the people
aright, and...
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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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COMMANDMENT. — Better, _decree._ (Comp. the use of the verb from
which this substantive is derived in Nahum 1:14; Psalms 7:6; Psalms
42:8.)...
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II.
(1-9) The decree against the priests....
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3. THE PRIESTHOOD OF KNOWLEDGE
Malachi 2:1
In the third section of his book "Malachi" addresses himself to the
priests. He charges them not only with irreverence and slovenliness in
their discharge o...
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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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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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And now, O ye (a) priests, this commandment [is] for you.
(a) He speaks mainly to them, but under them he includes the people
also....
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_Priests. Such, hoarding up riches, dishonour God and his sacraments,
as if they were temporal things to be purchased, and so they
scandalize the weak. It would be well for them if they were reduced t...
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We have an authority in the opening of this message, to refer it to
the priests of the Jewish dispensation. But, I think, without
violence, though the priests, as leaders in the temple service, are
fi...
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CONTENTS
This Chapter is not unlike the former in the opening of it; but the
Prophet is soon led to speak in Jehovah's name of the Lord Jesus,
under the character of Levi. The after part is in reproo...
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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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_A CORRUPT PRIESTHOOD_
‘O ye priests!’
Malachi 2:1
I. In contrast with the disgraceful traits which the prophet had
described as characteristic of the priesthood, he proceeds to paint
with a few bo...
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Though the priests did not sin alone, yet it is not without reason, as
we have said, that they were regarded as the first in wickedness; for
it was their office to correct what the people did amiss. T...
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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 NOW, O YE PRIESTS,.... That despised and profaned the name of the
Lord; that suffered such corrupt and illegal sacrifices to be brought
and offered up:
THIS COMMANDMENT [IS] FOR YOU: of giving gl...
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_And now, O ye priests, this commandment [is] for you._
Ver. 1. _And now, O ye priests, &c._] Now, that is, Now again, I must
have the other bout with you, besides what I had, Malachi 1:6,11, for
as...
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_O ye priests, this commandment is for you_ Or _decree_, rather, for
properly speaking no commandment is here given to the priests, only
punishment is denounced upon them if they did not repent. _If y...
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And now, O ye priests, this commandment Is for you, they must be aware
of the seriousness of the situation and accept the Lord's rebuke and
threat accordingly....
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CONCLUSION OF THE REBUKE TO THE PRIESTS...
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1-9 What is here said of the covenant of priesthood, is true of the
covenant of grace made with all believers, as spiritual priests. It is
a covenant of life and peace; it assures all believers of al...
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MALACHI CHAPTER 2 The priests are sharply reproved for profaning the
covenant which was given them, ZECHARIAH 2:1; and the people for
marrying strange wives, ZECHARIAH 2:10, and treacherously putting...
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Malachi 2:1 priests H3548 commandment H4687
Malachi 1:6; Jeremiah 13:13;...
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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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_And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you._
SPIRITUAL REFORMATION
1. The nature of the spiritual reformation required. It involves two
things, a practical application of the Word of God: a...
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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 de...
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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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Hosea 5:1; Jeremiah 13:13; Lamentations 4:13; Malachi 1:6...
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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...