瑪拉基書 2:14-15 RCUVTS

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Malachi 2:15

"And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore, take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously with the wife of his youth."As this verse stands in our version, the thought is that God had made man and his wife to be "one flesh," with the purpose of their bringing forth "a godly seed." Since the marriage of foreign wives who were also pagan would not have achieved such a purpose, God sternly forbade dealing... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Malachi 2:15-16

Malachi 2:15-16. And did not he make one?— Houbigant renders the passage, And hath he made thee one flesh and one spirit with her? And what does he require but a godly seed, and that you may mutually keep your spirit, and not deal treacherously? &c. Malachi 2:16. For whoever putteth away his wife through hatred, saith the Lord, hideth iniquity in his garment: therefore, &c. Among the various interpretations of these words, this seems the most probable, says Lowth, that the prophet puts... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Malachi 2:14

14. Wherefore?—Why does God reject our offerings? Lord . . . witness between thee and . . . wife—(so Genesis 31:49; Genesis 31:50). of thy youth—The Jews still marry very young, the husband often being but thirteen years of age, the wife younger (Proverbs 5:18; Isaiah 54:6). wife of thy covenant—not merely joined to thee by the marriage covenant generally, but by the covenant between God and Israel, the covenant-people, whereby a sin against a wife, a daughter of Israel, is a sin against God... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Malachi 2:15

15. MAURER and HENGSTENBERG explain the verse thus: The Jews had defended their conduct by the precedent of Abraham, who had taken Hagar to the injury of Sarah, his lawful wife; to this Malachi says now, "No one (ever) did so in whom there was a residue of intelligence (discriminating between good and evil); and what did the one (Abraham, to whom you appeal for support) do, seeking a godly seed?" His object (namely, not to gratify passion, but to obtain the seed promised by God) makes the case... 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

Thomas Constable

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

The Israelites needed to be careful, therefore, that no one of them dealt treacherously with the wife he married in his youth by breaking his marriage covenant and divorcing her. The man is the responsible party in the text because in Israel husbands could divorce their wives. Wives divorcing their husbands was less common in Jewish patriarchal society. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Malachi 2:15-16

C. Command: stop acting faithlessly 2:15b-16This "command" section begins and ends with commands not to break faith. Instruction to "take heed to your spirit" immediately precedes each of these commands. Two quotations from Yahweh lie within this envelope structure. These commands from Yahweh constitute the turning point in this second chiastic hortatory discourse (cf. Malachi 1:10). 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

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Malachi 2:15

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Malachi 2:15-16

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Malachi 2:14

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Malachi 2:15

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

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

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Malachi 2:15-16

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

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

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