Malachi 2:14 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 2:14

Yet ye say, Wherefore ?.... What is the meaning of the women covering the altar with tears? as if they knew not what was the reason of it, when they were so notoriously guilty of breach of covenant with them; which is an instance of their impudence, as Abarbinel observes: or, "if ye say, wherefore?" as the Targum and Kimchi interpret the words; should you say, what is the reason why the Lord will not regard nor receive our offerings? the answer is ready, Because the Lord hath been witness... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:14

Ye say, Wherefore? - Is the Lord angry with us? Because ye have been witness of the contract made between the parties; and when the lawless husband divorced his wife, the wife of his youth, his companion, and the unite of his covenant, ye did not execute on him the discipline of the law. They kept their wives till they had passed their youth, and then put them away, that they might get young ones in their place. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:14

Verse 14 The Prophet tells us here as before how prone the priests were to make a clamor, and it is a very common thing with hypocrites immediately to set up a shield to cover their vices whenever they are reproved; and hence it appears, that men are in a manner fascinated by Satan, when they attain such hardness as to dare to answer God, and with obstreperous words to repel all warnings. Malachi has several times already used this mode of speaking; we may hence conclude, that the people had... 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 2:14

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Here is the usual sceptical objection, as in Malachi 1:6 , Malachi 1:7 . The people will not acknowledge their guiltiness, and ask, "Why is God displeased with us? why are our offerings not acceptable?" The prophet replies, Because the Lord hath been witness, etc. The sin is now disclosed. Their marriages had been made before God; he who first instituted matrimony ( Genesis 2:24 ) was a witness of the contract and gave it his sanction (comp. Genesis 31:50 ). ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:14-16

The Divine institution of marriage. "Yet ye say, Wherefore?" etc. The subject of these verses is the Divine institution of marriage. In relation to this institution we observe— I. THAT IT IMPLIES A LOVING UNION OF TWO , AND ONLY TWO , SOULS UNTIL DEATH . "Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. And did not he make one?" "Wife... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 2:14

And ye say, Wherefore? - They again act the innocent, or half-ignorant. What had they to do with their wives’ womanly tears? He who knows the hearts of all was Himself the witness between them and the wife of youth of each; her to whom, in the first freshness of life and their young hearts, each had plighted his troth having been entrusted by her with her earthy all. Genesis 31:49-50. “The Lord,” said even Laban, when parting from his daughters, “watch between me and thee, when we are absent,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Malachi 2:14-15

Malachi 2:14-15. Yet ye say, Wherefore Ye will, perhaps, still inquire wherefore God regards not your offerings; if so, the answer is ready, namely, because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth Because the Lord sees how you act toward your wives; that when you have enjoyed the flower of their youth, and they begin to grow old, you contemn them, and use them ill. Yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant Yet didst thou thyself make choice of her... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 2:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:10-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:10-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:14-16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 2:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Malachi 2:14-15

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