玛拉基书 2:8-9 CUVS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Malachi 2:1-9

What was said in the foregoing chapter was directed to the priests (Mal. 1:6): Thus saith the Lord of hosts to you, O priests! that despise my name. But the crimes there charged upon them they were guilty of as sacrificers, and for those they might think it some excuse that they offered what the people brought, and therefore that, if they were not so good as they should be, it was not their fault, but the people?s; and therefore here the corruptions there complained of are traced to the source... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 2:8

But ye are departed out of the way ,.... Of truth and righteousness, of life and peace, of eternal salvation and happiness, pointed to by Christ and his forerunner, and by his apostles and ministers that followed him, and which was clearly showed in the preaching of the Gospel: this was the character of the chief priests, Scribes, and Pharisees, in Christ's time, to which the prophet seems to have respect; who not only failed in their observance of legal sacrifices, complained of in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 2:9

Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base ,.... When their city and temple were destroyed by the Romans, and they were carried captive by them, and became a taunt and a proverb in all places where they came: before all the people ; the nations of the world, among whom they were scattered: according as ye have not kept my ways ; neither those which the law directed to, either moral or ceremonial; nor what the Gospel directed to, the ordinances and institutions of Christ,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:8

But ye are departed out of the way - Ye are become impure yourselves, and ye have led others into iniquity. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:9

Therefore have I also made you contemptible - The people despised you because they saw that you acted contrary to your functions. This has happened repeatedly since, to several classes of priests. Not maintaining, by purity of life and soundness of doctrine, the dignity of the ministerial function, they became contemptible before the people; their meager preaching was disregarded, and their persons at last cast out as a general loathing to the universe! See what happened to the truly... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:8

Verse 8 He shows here how far were the priests of his time from fulfilling that compact which he had mentioned. He hence concludes that they were unworthy of the honor of which they were so confidently proud, and under the shadow of which they sought to cover their vices, as though they were not bound to God, and were at liberty to tread the Church under foot with impunity. He then shows that it was an extremely foolish arrogance in them to seek to be exempt from all law, and yet to regard God... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:9

Verse 9 The Prophet draws this conclusion — that the priests in vain gloried in the honor of their office, for they had ceased to be the priests of God. We may now return to the main point. We perceive what the subject is which the Prophet handles here: as the priests sought by a peculiar privilege to exempt themselves from all reproof, he assails them in particular; for teaching would have been useless as to the common people, except the priests themselves were brought to order. The priests... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:4-9

The minister of Divine truth, "My covenant was with him of life and peace," etc. We have here the minister of Divine truth as he always should be, and as he often is— I. THE MINISTER OF DIVINE TRUTH AS HE ALWAYS SHOULD BE . We learn: 1 . That he should be a man divinely called. "Ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts." What was the Divine commission to the priesthood? Here it is:... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:5-9

§ 5. In contrast with these evil ministers, the character of the true priest is sketched, and thus the faults of the former are shown in darker colours. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:8

But ye are departed out of the way. The priests of this time had far declined from the high ideal set forth in Malachi 2:6 , Malachi 2:7 , the "way" in which God would have had them to walk. Ye have caused many to stumble at ( in ) the law . By their example and teaching they had made the Law a stumbling block, causing many to err, while they fancied they were not infringing God's commandments. Septuagint , ἠσθενήσατε πολλοὺς ἐν νόμῳ , "Ye made many weak [equivalent to ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Malachi 2:1-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 2:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 2:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:4-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:5-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:8

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