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Verse Malachi 2:13. _COVERING THE ALTAR OF THE LORD WITH TEARS_] Of
the poor women who, being _divorced_ by cruel husbands, come to the
priests, and make an appeal to God at the altar; and ye do not s...
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AND THIS YE HAVE DONE AGAIN - , adding the second sin of cruelty to
their wives to the taking foreign women; “they covered the altar of
God with tears,” in that they by ill-treatment occasioned their...
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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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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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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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TEARS... WEEPING... CRYING OUT: i.e. of the wronged wives and
children....
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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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_again_ Lit. SECOND. The first evil of marrying heathen women was
accompanied by a second, the cruel treatment and divorce
("putting-away," Malachi 2:16) of their lawful wives, which is now
dealt with...
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_THE PAIN CAUSED BY SIN - MALACHI 2:13-14:_ Malachi wrote, "And this
have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with
weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not th...
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AND THIS HAVE YE DONE AGAIN— _This also you have done; you have
covered the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping, and with
groanings; so that no respect is now had to your offering, nor is any
t...
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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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And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with
tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth
not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your...
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2:13 further (i-2) Or 'secondly.'...
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INSOMUCH THAT HE REGARDETH] better, 'because he regardeth.' The people
are regarded as covering the altar with their tears in the intensity
of their desire for the favours He is withholding....
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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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וְ זֹאת֙ שֵׁנִ֣ית תַּֽעֲשׂ֔וּ
כַּסֹּ֤ות דִּמְעָה֙...
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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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And this have ye done again, (r) covering the altar of the LORD with
tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth
not the offering any more, or receiveth [it] with good will at...
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_With tears; viz., by occasion of your wives, whom you have put away,
and who came to weep and lament before the altar. (Challoner) ---
Though divorces were tolerated, (Matthew xix. 6.) the more virtu...
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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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The Prophet amplifies again the fault of the priests, because the
people, when they perceived that God was adverse to them, found no
means of pacifying him. And when men have an idea that God is
inexo...
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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 THIS HAVE YE DONE AGAIN,.... Or "in the second" b place; to their
rejection and ill treatment of Christ they added their hypocritical
prayers and tears, as follows:
COVERING THE ALTAR OF THE LORD...
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And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with
tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth
not the offering any more, or receiveth [it] with good will at you...
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_Judah hath profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved_ As if he
had said, “This sin,” says Lowth, “implies the profanation of
God's holy people, which he set apart for his own worship and servi...
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AGAINST DIVORCES AND MARRIAGES WITH HEATHEN WIVES...
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And this have ye done again, as the second transgression which the
Lord found it necessary to rebuke, COVERING THE ALTAR OF THE LORD WITH
TEARS, WITH WEEPING, AND WITH CRYING OUT, namely, by causing t...
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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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THIS HAVE YE DONE AGAIN; beside that first fault, you have committed
another, you slight, misuse, and afflict your Jewish wives, whom alone
you should have loved and cherished, but you make them drudg...
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Malachi 2:13 thing H8145 do H6213 (H8799) cover H3680 (H8763) altar
H4196 LORD H3068 tears H1832 weeping...
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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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_Between thee and the wife of thy youth._
MARRIAGE
I. As a social compact. “She is thy wife,” here is the peculiarity
of the relation. It is the fountain of humanity in its perpetuation,
and the sour...
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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 2:13 Israel was distressed because God
refused to accept their offerings, as evidenced by his not blessing
them. Malachi explains that God was acting as a witness against
husba...
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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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1 Samuel 1:10; 1 Samuel 1:9; 2 Samuel 13:19; 2 Samuel 13:20;...
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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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And this — Beside that first fault, you have committed another, you
misuse, and afflict your Jewish wives, whom alone you should have
cherished. With tears — Your despised wives fly to the temple, wee...