Malachi 1:6 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Malachi 1:6

Malachi 1:6 . A son honoureth his father, &c. Since it is evident I am not only your Lord, and have a right to govern and command you by my creation of you, but also may be esteemed your Father, on account of the extraordinary benefits I have bestowed upon you, where are those proper dispositions which I might expect to find in you in return? namely, reverence for me, and fear of offending me, as your Lord and Master, and love and honour toward me as your Father. Unto you, O priests, ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Malachi 1:6-14

1:6-3:18 SINS OF THE PEOPLEDisgraceful sacrifices (1:6-14)Israel, as God’s people, should honour him as their father and reverence him as their master. Instead they insult him. They offer to God animals that are lame, sick and blind. They would never think of offering such animals to the governor, yet they offer them to God and expect him to be pleased with them (6-9). They would do better to close the temple doors and have no sacrifices at all than to offer worship like that. Even Gentiles... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Malachi 1:6

A son , &c. Ref to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:12 ), App-92 . Note the Figure of speech Anacoenosis ( App-6 ). An appeal to opponents as having a common interest. Compare Isaiah 5:4 .Luke 11:19 . Acts 4:19 . 1Co 4:21 ; 1 Corinthians 10:15 ; 1 Corinthians 11:13 , 1 Corinthians 11:14 Galatians 1:4 , Galatians 1:21 . master. The Hebrew accents place the chief pause here, where the statement ends on which the appeal is based. if then, &c. These two appeals are marked off by minor accents My... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Malachi 1:6

"A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, O priests that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?"The people of the returned Israel were led by a corrupt and reprobate priesthood who despised the name of God; and the prophet Malachi exposed and denounced them in this stinging indictment. The question raised here is whether or not the priests... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Malachi 1:6

Malachi 1:6. A son honoureth his father, &c.— "Those degrees of respect which were due to human authority, are in a more eminent manner to be paid to the supreme Lord of all. So the priests, who are dedicated to my service in a peculiar manner, behave themselves undutifully by that disrespect which they show to my name and worship." See Lowth. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Malachi 1:6

6. Turning from the people to the priests, Jehovah asks, whereas His love to the people was so great, where was their love towards Him? If the priests, as they profess, regard Him as their Father ( :-) and Master, let them show the reality of their profession by love and reverential fear (Exodus 20:12; Luke 6:46). He addresses the priests because they ought to be leaders in piety to the rest of the people, whereas they are foremost in "despising His name." Wherein have we despised, &c.—The... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Malachi 1:2-9

II. THE PRIESTS EXHORTED NOT TO DISHONOR THE LORD (THE THEOLOGICAL ANGLE) 1:2-2:9"Malachi’s first address is governed by the ironic exhortation in Malachi 1:10, ’Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors.’ It is directed against the priests of the postexilic temple. Despite their responsibility under the covenant of Levi (cf. Malachi 2:4; Malachi 2:8) to be the Lord’s messengers of Torah (Malachi 2:7), they were dishonoring the Lord (Malachi 1:6), particularly in their careless attitude... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Malachi 1:6

This pericope begins like the first one, with a statement by Yahweh and a challenging response (cf. Isaiah 1:2-3). The priests were responsible to teach the other Israelites the Law, to mediate between Yahweh and His people, and to judge the people.Almighty Yahweh asked the priests of Israel why they did not honor Him since sons honor their fathers (Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16), and He was their Father (Exodus 4:22; Isaiah 1:2; Isaiah 63:16; Isaiah 64:8; Hosea 11:1). Since servants respect... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Malachi 1:6-9

B. Situation: the priests’ failure to honor the Lord 1:6-9The preceding section ended with a statement of Yahweh’s greatness. The second one opens with a question about why Israel’s priests did not honor Him. The theme of honoring or fearing the Lord appears several times in Malachi making it one of the major themes in this book (cf. Malachi 1:11; Malachi 1:14; Malachi 2:2; Malachi 2:5; Malachi 3:5; Malachi 3:16; Malachi 4:2). The first disputation (Malachi 1:2-5) is the simplest, and this one... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 1:1-14

1Jehovah’s Love and His People’s Ingratitude1. Burden] RM ’oracle’; properly, ’that which is lifted up,’ hence in this connexion ’utterance’; but with play on other meaning ’burden’ in Jeremiah 23:33 (RM). 2. Wherein hast thou loved us?] i.e. ’Wherein hast thou shewn thy love?’ So in Malachi 1:3, I hated Esau means ’I have shewn myself hostile to Esau’ ’Esau’ and ’Jacob’ here stand for the nations Edom and Israel, not for the patriarMalachi 3. The desolation of Edom here referred to had been... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Malachi 1:6

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Malachi 1:6-14

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Malachi 1:6

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Malachi 1:6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Malachi 1:6

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Malachi 1:6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Malachi 1:2-9

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Malachi 1:6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Malachi 1:6-9

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 1:1-14

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