マラキ書 1:8-14 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 1:10

Self-serving religion "One of the works on which Nehemiah looked back with most satisfaction was that he had secured to the Levites the payment of a sufficient remuneration for their work. It was a right thing in itself. It asserted what we have learnt to call the principle of an 'established' Church, and of a fair division of its income. But that spirit might easily pass, and had actually passed, into the temper which is always clamorous for rights and privileges, which will work only... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 1:10-14

Wrong worship. "Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for naught?" etc. The subject of these words is wrong worship, and they suggest the following remarks. I. THAT WRONG WORSHIP IS WORSE THAN NO WORSHIP AT ALL . "Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for naught? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for naught. I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand." Keil gives a version... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 1:11

My Name shall be great. The course of thought is this: God does not need the worship of the Jews and their impious priests; he needs not their maimed sacrifices; his majesty shall be recognized throughout the wide world, and pure worship shall be offered to him from every nation under heaven. How, then, shall he not punish those who, being his elect, ought to have been an example of holiness, and prepaid the way for his universal reception? The LXX . treats this circumstance as already... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 1:11

God's honour secured in spite of his people's sins. The heartlessness and negligence of the priest leads God to say that the fires of the altar might as well be extinguished, and the temple shut up as it had been in the days of Ahaz; for no offerings would any longer be accepted at their hands, and "Ichabod!" "No glory!" was written on the altar. The godly remnant of the Jews naturally begin to say, "What a dishonour that would be to the God of Israel!" and to ask, like Joshua ( Joshua... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 1:11

The universal worship that is to be. These words are usually taken as a prophetic announcement of the future rejection of Israel and calling of the Gentiles; but it is difficult to trace the connection of thought, if this be regarded as the prophet's meaning. The LXX . rightly uses the present, not the future, tense throughout this verse. "My Name is great," etc. This gives an actual preset comparison of the fear of God's Name among Gentiles and among Jews, to the manifest disadvantage... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 1:12

But ye have profaned it; ye profane God's Name. The prophet contrasts the negligence and profanity of the priests with the piety of the Gentile nations, which he foresees. The table of the Lord (see note on Malachi 1:7 ). The fruit thereof, even his meat. The food and meat of the altar are the victims offered thereon. By their conduct the priests made both altar and offerings contemptible. Septuagint, τὰ ἐπιτιθέμενα ἐξουδένωται βρώματα αὐτοῦ , "Its meats that are laid... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 1:13

What a weariness is it! The reference is to the table of the Lord. Despising the altar, and performing their duties without heart or faith, the priests found the services an intolerable burden. Vulgate, ecce de labore , which seems to be an excuse of the people, urging that they offer such things as their toil and poverty allow. Septuagint, ταῦτα ἐκ κακοπαθείας ἐστί , which has much the same meaning. The present Hebrew text is represented by the Authorized Version. Ye have snuffed... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 1:13

Religion a weariness. "Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it!" It is clearly a bad sign when the people find the worship of God to be a weariness; but it is a much worse sign when the ministers of religion both feel the worship to be a weariness, and show that they feel it to be such. I. IN THE NATURE OF THINGS RELIGIOUS WORSHIP SHOULD NOT BE A WEARINESS . 1 . Take it as the proper and fitting expression of the creature's dependence on his Creator. It... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 1:14

But ( and ) cursed be the deceiver. The curse is fulminated against all who are guilty of these violations of the Law. The prophet mentions two instances out of many. The first is of one who offers a female victim, on pretence that he has no male in his flock. This will be clearer if we translate, with Keil, "And cursed is he who deceives, whereas there is in his flock a male animal." Septuagint, "Cursed is he who was able and bad in his flock a male." And voweth … a corrupt ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 1:14

The great and dreadful Name. The idea in the word "dreadful" would be better conveyed by "awe-ful," if that were a word in familiar use. "Dreadful" we reserve for something that is unusually calamitous and destructive. Awe of God; reverence of his august majesty; fear which leads to the symbolic removal of the shoes;—these things are essential to right and acceptable worship, and these things are absolutely befitting to man the creature, and much more to man the sinner. A man may be tested... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 1:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 1:10-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 1:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 1:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 1:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 1:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 1:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 1:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 1:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 1:14

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