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Verse Malachi 2:16. _FOR THE LORD - HATETH PUTTING AWAY_] He
abominates all such divorces, and _him_ that makes them.
_COVERETH VIOLENCE WITH HIS GARMENT_] And he also _notes_ those who
frame idle e...
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HE HATETH PUTTING AWAY - o He had allowed it “for the hardness of
their hearts,” yet only in the one case of some extreme bodily
foulness discovered upon marriage, and which the woman, knowing the
law...
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THE REBUKE OF THE SOCIAL CONDITIONS
CHAPTER 2:10-17
The priests were corrupt, and with their bad example the people were
likewise corrupt. It is the prophet who speaks in verse 10. The One
Father was...
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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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Israel further repudiates Yahweh's love by the common practice of the
divorce of native wives (Malachi 2:10; Malachi 2:13) in order to marry
foreign women (Malachi 2:11, _cf._ Ezra 9 f.,...
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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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_the God of Israel_ who has given them His law. His relation to the
people aggravates their guilt.
_hateth putting away_ Lit. FOR HE (JEHOVAH) HATETH PUTTING AWAY
(DIVORCE), SAITH JEHOVAH, &c.
It is...
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Malachi 2:10-16. Rebuke of the People for Heathen Marriages and
Divorce
The transition from the former section is less abrupt than at first
sight it seems to be. The people at large are now addressed...
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_WORDS ALONE WEARY THE LORD - MALACHI 2:15-17:_ God required a godly
seed. Those who are married must nurture their marriage as a part of
their relationship with God. God had all the resources of the...
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AND DID NOT HE MAKE ONE?— Houbigant renders the passage, _And hath
he made thee one flesh and one spirit with her? And what does he
require but a godly seed, and that you may mutually keep your spirit...
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GOD DESPISES INFIDELITY. Malachi 2:10-16
RV. Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we
deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the
covenant of our fathers?...
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For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away:
for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts:
therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treachero...
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2:16 garment, (c-18) Or 'who multiplies violence on his wife.'...
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PUTTING AWAY] i.e. divorce. COVERETH VIOLENCE WITH HIS GARMENT] The
reference is probably to the illtreatment of the wife; but the Hebrew
is obscure.
17. An address to those who are losing faith, thr...
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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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(10-17) The prophet now rebukes the two great sins of the nation at
this time: (1) marriage with idolatresses; (2) divorce of the first
(Israelitish) wife. He introduces this rebuke by a general state...
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These are two very difficult verses, which should perhaps, be rendered
as follows: —
_For did He not make_ [man and his wife, Genesis 2:24] _one? and has
he_ [the husband] _any superiority of spirit_...
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_For_ [I] _hate divorce_ [of the first wife], _saith the God of
Israel, and he_ [the divorcer of his first wife] _covers his garment
with injury, saith the LORD of Hosts; therefore take ye heed to you...
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כִּֽי ־שָׂנֵ֣א שַׁלַּ֗ח אָמַ֤ר
יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י...
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4. THE CRUELTY OF DIVORCE
Malachi 2:10
In his fourth section, upon his countrymen's frequent divorce of their
native wives in order to marry into the influential families of their
half-heathen neighb...
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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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For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he (b) hateth putting
away: for [one] covereth (c) violence with his garment, saith the LORD
of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not...
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_Garment; viz., of every man that putteth away his wife without just
cause; notwithstanding that God permitted it in the law, to prevent
the evil of murder. (Challoner) --- Septuagint, "iniquity shall...
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These are all so many striking expostulations to the same amount;
showing the people, that both in their conduct towards each other in
relative and social duties, as well as in their reverence to the...
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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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Here again the Prophet exaggerates the crime which the priests
regarded as nothing; for he says, that they sinned more grievously
than if they had repudiated their wives. We indeed know that
repudiati...
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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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FOR THE LORD THE GOD OF ISRAEL SAITH, THAT HE HATETH PUTTING AWAY,....
The divorcing of wives; for though this was suffered because of the
hardness of their hearts, it was not approved of by the Lord;...
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For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away:
for [one] covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts:
therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacher...
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_For the Lord God of Israel saith that he hateth putting away_ He
allowed the Jews liberty of divorce only for the _hardness of their
hearts, Matthew 19:8_, not that it was a thing pleasing to him. _F...
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AGAINST DIVORCES AND MARRIAGES WITH HEATHEN WIVES...
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For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that He hateth putting away, Cf
Deuteronomy 24:1; FOR ONE COVERETH VIOLENCE WITH HIS GARMENT, or,
"iniquity covers his garment,". SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, so tha...
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Malachi 2:16; Malachi 2:16
he hateth:
Or, if he hate her, put her away
Malachi 2:16; Malachi 2:16
putting away:...
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10-17 Corrupt practices are the fruit of corrupt principles; and he
who is false to his God, will not be true to his fellow mortals. In
contempt of the marriage covenant, which God instituted, the Je...
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The prophet enforceth his former exhortation, ZECHARIAH 2:15, with the
arguments laid here close together from the odiousness of the thing he
exhorts them to forbear. It is odious to the Lord, who cha...
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Malachi 2:16 LORD H3068 God H430 Israel H3478 says H559 (H8804) hates
H8130 (H8804) divorce H7971 ...
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YHWH'S CAUSE AGAINST THE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ACCUSE HIM OF NOT HEEDING
THEIR PRAYERS AND BECAUSE THEY HAVE DIVORCED THEIR FIRST WIVES
(MALACHI 2:13).
He also points out that while the people profess t...
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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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_For one covereth violence with his garment._
EVIL COVERED UP
Sin indulged gathers force and violence. The oozing stream from the
bursting reservoir becomes a torrent, and the torrent becomes a
delug...
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_That My covenant might be with Levi._
THE MINISTER OF DIVINE TRUTH
I. As he always should be.
1. A man divinely called.
2. A man of profound reverence.
3. A man of moral truthfulness.
4. A man...
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MALACHI—NOTE ON MALACHI 2:10 Third Dispute: Why Are the People
Faithless in Marriage? Malachi now describes Israel’s infidelity,
which dishonors God. Malachi condemns two marital offenses:
intermarria...
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MALACHI—NOTE ON MALACHI 2:16 This verse is one of the most difficult
OT passages to translate. The esv footnote includes the other most
common translation. Despite the translation difficulty, this pas...
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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 na...
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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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Deuteronomy 24:1; Isaiah 28:20; Isaiah 50:1; Isaiah 59:6; Luke 16:18;
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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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Putting away — Divorce, such as these petulant Jews used to make way
for some new wives, which God hates as much as putting away....