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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Malachi 2:13

tears . . . weeping . . . crying out : i.e. of the wronged wives and children. read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Malachi 2:13

"And this again ye do; ye cover the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, neither receiveth it with good will at your hands.""This again ye do ..." Although some uncertainty attaches to this, it would appear to indicate that the people not only had failed to heed the former prohibitions against such foreign marriages so vigorously enforced by Ezra and Nehemiah, plunging headlong in to more and more of these; but the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Malachi 2:13

Malachi 2:13. 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 thing accepted from your hand. The priests not only had married strange wives, but also divorced those of their own country whom they had married; with whose tears the altar was imbrued, when these wives offered up their sacrifices to God, entreating him to give their husbands a better... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Malachi 2:13

13. done again—"a second time": an aggravation of your offense ( :-), in that it is a relapse into the sin already checked once under Ezra (Ezra 9:10) [HENDERSON]. Or, "the second time" means this: Your first sin was your blemished offerings to the Lord: now "again" is added your sin towards your wives [CALVIN]. covering . . . altar . . . with tears—shed by your unoffending wives, repudiated by you that ye might take foreign wives. CALVIN makes the "tears" to be those of all the people on... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Malachi 2:10-15

B. Situation: faithlessness against a covenant member 2:10b-15a read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Malachi 2:13-14

The people evidently could not figure out why God was withholding blessing from them, so Malachi gave them the reasons. Another sin involved weeping profusely over the Lord’s altar because He did not answer their prayers while at the same time dealing treacherously with their wives (cf. 1 Peter 3:7). Weeping over the altar must be a figurative way of describing weeping as they worshipped Yahweh. The marriage relationship is a covenant relationship (cf. Proverbs 2:17; Ezekiel 16:8; Ezekiel... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:1-17

2The Degeneracy of the Priesthood1. 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, which in some cases it was their duty to provide.3. 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 Heb. which has been suggested, gives the admirable sense,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Malachi 2:10-17

(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 statement, similar to that of Malachi 1:2. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Malachi 2:13

(13) The prophet now rebukes the people for their frivolous divorces of their first wives, which was a natural result of their marriage with heathen women.And this . . . again.—Or perhaps, And this a second thing ye do—viz., infidelity to the wife of their youth (Malachi 2:14). But the rendering of the English Version is in accordance with the Hebrew accentuation. That rendering is not improbably the right one. It would mean: “And this you do again (Nehemiah 13:0), even after Ezra has reformed... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Malachi 2:1-17

; Malachi 2:1-17; Malachi 3:1-18; Malachi 4:1-6PROPHECY WITHIN THE LAW"MALACHI" 1-4BENEATH this title we may gather all the eight sections of the Book of "Malachi." They contain many things of perennial interest and validity: their truth is applicable, their music is still musical, to ourselves. But their chief significance is historical. They illustrate the development of prophecy within the Law. Not under the Law, be it observed. For if one thing be more clear than another about "Malachi’s"... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Malachi 2:13

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Malachi 2:13

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Malachi 2:13

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Malachi 2:13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Malachi 2:10-15

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Malachi 2:13-14

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:1-17

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Malachi 2:10-17

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Malachi 2:13

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Malachi 2:1-17

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