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Verse Malachi 2:11. _DAUGHTER OF A STRANGE GOD._] Of a man who
worships an idol....
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TREACHEROUSLY HAS JUDAH DEALT; AN ABOMINATION IS COMMITTED IN ISRAEL -
The prophet, by the order of the words, emphasizes the “treachery”
and the “abomination.” This have they done; the very contrary...
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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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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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_the holiness of the Lord_ Comp. Leviticus 11:44; 1 Thessalonians 4:7.
This is better than _sanctuary of the Lord_, R.V. margin. Comp. τὰ
ἅγια, LXX.
_which he loved_ In like manner Almighty God is sai...
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_THEY DEPARTED FROM GOD'S WAY - MALACHI 2:7-12:_ The priests of
Malachi's day talked a very religious talk but they did not obey God.
The priest should have been faithful to God. They represented Him...
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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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Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in
Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the
LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange...
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2:11 sanctuary (g-20) Elsewhere 'holy place' or 'holy thing.'...
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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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For the same collocation of “Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem,” comp.
Zechariah 1:19.
THE HOLINESS OF THE LORD. — That is, their own “holy nation”
(Deuteronomy 7:6; Deuteronomy 14:2; comp....
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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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בָּגְדָ֣ה יְהוּדָ֔ה וְ תֹועֵבָ֛ה
נֶעֶשְׂתָ֥ה בְ...
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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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_God, or one addicted to idol-worship, (Haydock) which was contrary to
the law, Deuteronomy vii. 3. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "the holy things
of the Lord, by what he has loved and done for strange god...
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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 now explains how the Jews departed from the covenant of
their fathers, and he exaggerates their sin and says, that abomination
was done in Israel; as though he had said, that this perfidy...
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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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JUDAH HATH DEALT TREACHEROUSLY,.... Not only every man against his
brother, by being partial in the law; or against the women of their
nation, by marrying others; or against their wives, by putting th...
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Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in
Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the
LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange...
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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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Judah hath dealt treacherously, with a calm disregard of the covenant
faithfulness, AND AN ABOMINATION IS COMMITTED IN ISRAEL, throughout
the nation, AND IN JERUSALEM, the capital, which should have l...
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AGAINST DIVORCES AND MARRIAGES WITH HEATHEN WIVES...
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Malachi 2:11; Malachi 2:11
he loved:
Or, ought to love...
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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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JUDAH: though Judah only is named, yet the rest of the returned
captives are included. DEALT TREACHEROUSLY: see ZECHARIAH 2:10. AN
ABOMINATION; such treachery is a very abominable thing, God and all
g...
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Malachi 2:11 Judah H3063 treacherously H898 (H8804) abomination H8441
committed H6213 (H8738) Israel H3478 Jerusalem H338
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YHWH'S CAUSE AGAINST HIS PEOPLE AS A WHOLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE MARRIED
FOREIGN SYNCRETISTIC WIVES (MALACHI 2:10).
It should be noted here that Malachi now once again brings not only
the priests, but all...
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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 hath married the daughter of a strange god._
UNHOLY MARRIAGES
The Jews were commanded to keep themselves separate from the heathen
nations around them (Deuteronomy 7:2; Deuteronomy 7:4). This wa...
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_Have we not all one Father?_
ONE FATHER
I. God is not only the Creator, but the common Father of mankind. This
relationship implies two things: a resemblance in nature; and the
existence of parenta...
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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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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 Kings 11:1; 2 Corinthians 6:14; Deuteronomy 14:2; Deuteronomy 33:26;...
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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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Hath profaned — Profanely violated the law, confining Israel to
marry within themselves, and not to endanger themselves, by
contracting affinity with idolaters. Which he loved — Which he,
Judah, once...