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Bible Commentaries
Verse 1
Mal. 2.1
Malachi - Chapter 2 Margin Notes
2:1-9 A Message for Messengers
2:1 commandment = a threat or announcement?
Verse 2
Malachi 2:2
2:2 lay it to heart = give attention to it
2:2 curse your blessing = the blessing the priests gave to the people would be turned into a curse. Like that of Baalam in Numbers 23:11
Glory to God Numbers 6:22-27.
Verse 3
Mal. 2.3
2:3 Nehemiah 13:1-2
2:3 spread dung = maws - Deut 18:3. Imagine the shame when the sacrifice the priest was killing and splitting open burst its first stomach (which was given to the pirests) and its contents spewed upon him.
2:3 taken away with it = This made the priest ceremonially unclean and he could not perform his job until he was cleansed.
2:3b Treated as filth.
Verse 4
Mal. 2.4
Verse 12
Mal. 2.12
2:12 him that waketh and him that answereth ... master and scholar. Priest and people, as teacher and pupil.
Verse 13
Mal. 2.13
2:13 again... or a second time.
2:13 with tears and weeping – 1) weeping wives (?); or 2) worshipers because their sacrifices are not accepted.
2:13 Worship is spoiled by the tears of those injured.
Verse 14
Mal. 2.14
2:14-16 Marriage is a divine institution
2:14 Marriage is made before God.
2:14 covenant – Proverbs 5:18; vows
Verse 15
Mal. 2.15
Verse 17
Malachi 2:17
2:17 Words of skepticism.
1) God hears our words
2) Skeptical words are offensive to God
2:17 Cf. Complains ofMalachi 1:1-15
2:17 Thinking that evil men were blessed, or today we say, Why do the wicked seem to prosper? Psalms 37:1 and Psalms 73:1.
2:17 where is the God of justice? = the theme of the next chapter
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Gann, Windell. "Commentary on Malachi 2". Gann's Commentary on the Bible. https://studylight.org/
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