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Verse Malachi 2:3. _BEHOLD, I WILL CORRUPT YOUR SEED_] So as to
render it unfruitful. _Newcome_ translates, - "I will take away from
you the shoulder." This was the part that belonged to the priest,...
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LO, I WILL REBUKE THE SEED FOR YOUR SAKE - o, i. e., that it should
not grow. He who worketh by His sustaining will all the operations of
nature, would at His will withhold them. Neither priests nor L...
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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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BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_ App-6.
CORRUPT. rebuke; as in Malachi 3:11.Psalms 106:9; Isaiah 17:13. Hebrew
gaar. Occurs fourteen times. Always rendered rebuke" except here, and...
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_corrupt_ Rather, REPROVE, margin A.V.; or REBUKE, R.V. Comp. ch.
Malachi 3:11: "I will rebuke (the same word) the devourer." God will
wither with His rebuke the seed so that it shall not germinate, o...
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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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BEHOLD, I WILL CORRUPT YOUR SEED, &C.— _Behold, I am about to take
away the shoulder from you_ [namely, the right shoulder, which, by the
law, was the peculiar portion of the priests]; _and to throw t...
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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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Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces,
even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with
it.
BEHOLD, I WILL CORRUPT YOUR SEED - "corrupt" [ go`eer (H...
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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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I WILL CORRUPT YOUR SEED] RV 'I will rebuke the seed for your sake';
but the threat of a curse on the _crops_ does not appear to be
specially applicable to the _priests_. A very slight change in the
H...
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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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II.
(1-9) The decree against the priests....
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I WILL CORRUPT YOUR SEED. — Better, _I will destroy for you the
seed_ — viz., of the crops. It must be remembered that because the
people neglected to pay the tithes, the Levites were obliged to go an...
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הִנְנִ֨י גֹעֵ֤ר לָכֶם֙ אֶת ־הַ
זֶּ֔רַע וְ
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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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Behold, I will corrupt (d) your seed, and spread dung upon your faces,
[even] the (e) dung of your solemn feasts; and [one] shall take you
away with it.
(d) The seed you sow will come to no profit....
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_Shoulder. I will cast away the shoulder, which in the law was
appointed to be your portion, and fling it at you in my anger: and
will reject both you and your festivals like dung. (Challoner) ---
Heb...
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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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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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He confirms here again what he had said in the last verse, — that
they would perceive God’s curse in want and poverty. The curse of
God is any kind of calamity; for as God declares especially his favo...
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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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BEHOLD, I WILL CORRUPT YOUR SEED,.... Or, "the seed for you" r; that
is, for your sake, as Kimchi and Ben Melech explain it; meaning the
seed they cast into the earth, which the Lord threatens to corr...
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Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces,
[even] the dung of your solemn feasts; and [one] shall take you away
with it.
Ver. 3. _Behold, I will corrupt your seed_] And so mar...
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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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CONCLUSION OF THE REBUKE TO THE PRIESTS...
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Behold, I will corrupt your seed, rebuking that which had been sowed
in the fields, thus reducing also the amounts which the priests
received as tithes, AND SPREAD DUNG UPON YOUR FACES, as an expressi...
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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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BEHOLD; note it well, and consider. I WILL CORRUPT YOUR SEED; take
away the prolific virtue and strength of it, that it shall bring forth
none or little fruit: your seed you make plentiful, but you ca...
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Malachi 2:3 rebuke H1605 (H8802) descendants H2233 spread H2219
(H8765) refuse H6569 faces H6440 refuse H6569 feasts...
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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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MALACHI—NOTE ON MALACHI 2:2 Since the priests failed to guard the
temple’s purity, the Lord threatens to punish them. Because they
“despised” (Malachi 1:6) the Lord’s NAME
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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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1 Corinthians 4:13; 1 Kings 14:10; 1 Samuel 2:29; 1 Samuel 2:30;...
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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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I will corrupt — I will take away the prolific virtue and strength
of it, that it shall bring forth no fruit. Spread dung — It is an
expression of the greatest contempt. Of your solemn feasts — Your
m...