Malachi 2:13 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Malachi 2:10-17

Corrupt practices are the genuine fruit and product of corrupt principles; and the badness of men's hearts and lives is owing to some loose atheistical notions which they have got and which they govern themselves by. Now, in these verses, we have an instance of this; we here find men dealing falsely with one another, and it is because they think falsely of their God. Observe, I. How corrupt their practices were. In general, they dealt treacherously every man against his brother, Mal. 2:10. It... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 2:13

And this have ye done again ,.... Or "in the second" F2 שנית "secundo", Pagninus, Vatablus, Calvin, Cocceius, Burkius. place; to their rejection and ill treatment of Christ they added their hypocritical prayers and tears, as follows: covering the altar of the Lord with tears and weeping, and with crying out ; for the Messiah they vainly expect, pretending great humiliation for their sins: though some, as Kimchi and Aben Ezra, make the first evil to be their offering illegal... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:13

Covering the altar of the Lord with tears - Of the poor women who, being divorced by cruel husbands, come to the priests, and make an appeal to God at the altar; and ye do not speak against this glaring injustice. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:13

Verse 13 The Prophet amplifies again the fault of the priests, because the people, when they perceived that God was adverse to them, found no means of pacifying him. And when men have an idea that God is inexorable to them, every zeal for religion must necessarily decay; and hence it is said in Psalms 130:4 — “With thee is propitiation, that thou mayest be feared.” As the people then gained nothing by sacrificing, they had now nearly fallen off from divine worship. This evil, a most grievous... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:10-16

Part II . CONDEMNATION OF PRIESTS AND PEOPLE FOR ALIEN MARRIAGES AND FOR DIVORCES . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:10-16

The sin of conjugal unfaithfulness. We here use the term "unfaithfulness" in its widest sense, extending far beyond the sin of unchastity. We note— I. UNFAITHFULNESS TO GOD IS THE ROOT SIN OF ALL OTHER FORMS OF INFIDELITY . The sins denounced in the earlier verses of this book are quite sufficient to account for the criminality here exposed. Those who profane the "covenant" and the "holiness" of God in their hearts, and who do not seek "to give glory" to his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:13

Not only did they marry heathen females, but they divorced their own legitimate wives to facilitate such unholy alliances. This have ye done again; this again ye do. Here is another and a further offence. Others take "again" in the sense of "a second time," referring to the fact that Ezra had effected a reform in this matter, but the people had relapsed into the same sin. But the first explanation is preferable. Septuagint, καὶ ταῦτα , ἂ ἐμίσουν ἐποιεῖτε , "and this which I... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 2:13

And this ye have done again - , adding the second sin of cruelty to their wives to the taking foreign women; “they covered the altar of God with tears,” in that they by ill-treatment occasioned their wives to weep there to God; and God regarded this, as though they had stained the altar with their tears.Insomuch that He regardeth not the offering anymore - God regarded the tears of the oppressed, not the sacrifices of the oppressors. He would not accept what was thus offered Him as a thing... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Malachi 2:11-13

Malachi 2:11-13. Judah hath profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved As if he had said, “This sin,” says Lowth, “implies the profanation of God’s holy people, which he set apart for his own worship and service; a profanation of the temple, when the priests who officiated there were guilty of the same crime; (see Malachi 2:12;) and lastly, a profanation of that covenant God made with the Jews, Malachi 2:10; God hath expressed a tender regard for these three sorts of holiness, and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Malachi 2:10-16

Divorces and mixed marriages (2:10-16)Marriage disorders were a further cause of Israel’s troubles. Many Jewish men had married idolatrous heathen women, and introduced idolatrous practices into the holy worship of God (cf. Ezra 9:1-2; Nehemiah 13:23-27). Not only did these Jewish men marry idol worshippers, but they divorced their Jewish wives to do so. They despised both the marriage covenant and the covenant God made with Israel at Sinai. God designed the covenant to promote family and... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Malachi 2:10-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 2:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:10-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:10-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 2:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Malachi 2:11-13

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Malachi 2:10-16

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